Mandrake 9.1 kernel update problems

[Clive DaSilva]

Austin Acton wrote:

>On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 14:07, Clive DaSilva wrote:
>  
>
>>Since then I have tried to upgrade my kernel twice since then, 
>>first to 2.4.21.0.27 mdk and also to 2.6.0.1mdk. In both cases, the 
>>urpmi tool as well as "rpm --checksig kernelwhatever.rpm" reported a 
>>"bad signature" and borked the installation.
>>    
>>
>
>Don't confuse "bad signature" with "bad checksum".
>The latter means the rpm is broken, but the former just means that you
>don't have the Mandrake 9.1 pgp key in your rpm database.
>
>You can just install the kernel rpm with urpmi --no-verify-rpm
><name.rpm>.
>
>Also keep in mind that you should not be installing any cooker packages
>on 9.1.  A LOT of libraries have changed since 9.1, and cooker rpms are
>meant to be run on cooker!  I'd suggest looking in the updates
>repository for 9.1, or on the club if you want rpms for 9.1.
>
>Austin
>
>  
>
Thanks Austin.

Hmmn, seems I have a lot to learn about the ideosyncrasies of Mandrake.
Thanks for your response.

Clive

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