[wplug] Installing a kernel RPM?

[Vanco, Donald]

...and don't forget to clean /lib/modules/.....

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bob Schmertz [mailto:rschmertz at speakeasy.net] 
Sent: Sun 5/25/2003 6:33 PM 
To: wplug at wplug.org 
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Subject: Re: [wplug] Installing a kernel RPM?



On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 18:25, TC Linux wrote: 
> Thanks for the pointers on this.  I downloaded with up2date and 
> installed the rpm manually and so far the new kernel works just fine. 
> 
> I'll leave the old one in place for a while just in case.  I haven't 
> looked at it yet in detail enough to know just how much space that old 
> kernel is taking up.  I would assume not much compared to other items 
> that I'd have on the hd. 
> 

rpm -qi kernel-2.4.whatever to get info about the package, including its 
installed size.  But no, the kernel doesn't take up much space.  If you 
have a /boot partition, however, that can get jammed up with kernel 
images (since a /boot partition tends to be small). 

-- 
Cheers, 
Bob Schmertz 
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