Fedora Core 2 Kernel Updating

[Brian K. Garel]

Madison,

Thank you very much...that was perfect...it was so smooth and easy that I'm 
waiting for something to blow up now!  ;)  I guess I've been in the 
Micro$haft world for too long!  ;)

Anyway, thanks again...that was helpful.

Brian

On Wednesday 09 February 2005 10:47, Madison Kelly wrote:
> Brian K. Garel wrote:
> > Hey All,
> >
> > Just a quick question for you...I was wondering how safe it is to do the
> > Automatic updating of the kernel using the "Uptodate" utility.  I tried
> > it a while back using Red Hat 7.something and it took me quite a while to
> > recover from the whole experience...so basic question...can I upgrade the
> > kernel using that utility or should I seek alternate methods.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
>
> You mean 'up2date'? If so, I've been using it a lot for years to do
> kernel upgrades. I went to FC1 as soon as it came out (RH8&9 were...
> *shudder*). I have yet (touch wood) to have a problem with the new
> kernel but still to be safe I left the old, working kernel in place
> "just in case".
>
> Sometimes I find the 'up2date' servers congested and I have also started
> using 'apt-get' (there's a Fedora X version on 'http://freshrpms.net')
> to do a lot of the upgrades, including the kernel. If your machine has X
> then install 'apt-get', go to the shell (as root) and type:
>
> # apt-get update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade && apt-get install synaptic
> && synaptic &
>
> That will update your local information on what 'apt-get' can get. '-y'
> tells it to assume "yes" to all questions and 'dist-upgrade' tells it to
> run "smart-upgrade" (more aggressive at solving dependancy issues. If
> you are uncomfortable, use 'upgrade' instead of '-y dist-upgrade').
> 'install synaptic' does just that, installs the 'synaptic' graphical
> front end for 'apt-get'. Finally, launch 'synaptic'.
>
> When Synaptic runs for the first time it will ask if you want to run in
> "Smart Mode", this is the same as 'dist-upgrade'. In the GUI I would
> recommend it because you will have a chance to confirm any changes
> before they happen.
>
> To upgrade the kernel in Synaptic simply search for packages with
> 'kernel' in the name and choose those you want to install.
>
> hth,
>
> Madison

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