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mike575 09-05-2011 06:22 AM
Upgrading from 2.6.18 to 2.6.32
 
Running Red Hat 5.5.
I'm looking to upgrade the kernel from 2.6.18 to 2.6.32.

Is this just a matter of installing the required kernel packages?

yum update kernel
yum update kernel-headers

AlucardZero 09-05-2011 07:52 AM
You can't do that on RHEL 5. Especially not via yum. RedHat does not provide 2.6.32 for RHEL 5.

If you really want 2.6.32 on RHEL 5, you'll need to download and compile the source yourself (search for how).

Or upgrade everything to RHEL 6.

mike575 09-05-2011 08:00 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by AlucardZero (Post 4461986)
You can't do that on RHEL 5. Especially not via yum. RedHat does not provide 2.6.32 for RHEL 5.
I'm using Oracle Linux. They have a 2.6.32 RPM available.

So is it just a matter of installing the kernel RPM? Sounds a bit too easy...

AlucardZero 09-05-2011 11:37 AM
Oh? If Oracle has provided 2.6.32 made for OEL 5, then yes, use yum and go for it.

Just make sure you're not pulling from an OEL 6 channel or something.


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