I plan on using up2date to update my kernel to 2.6.10.

What can I expect? I have never used this feature. Where do I find it? I am using RedHat 9.0 What does it actually do? Will I be shown a list of kernel versions? Will it allow me to choose and then install it for me (hands free??)

The reason I ask this is because I have been trying to update my kernel using an rpm but I keep getting failed dependencies. I download the said dependency and then I get more failed dependencies.

I need something that will handle all downloading of appropriate tools, dependencies, and files necessary to upgrade my kernel. Does up2date handle this for you?!?

How did you install the 2.6.8 kernel that you are currently using? Redhat 9 updates and support were discontinued early last year, so I doubt you will get a 2.6.10 kernel using up2date.

Lovely!

I have 2.8.1 now. I managed to get that going myself. I have tried to patch up this version to 2.6.10 but when I try I get prompted for each and every individual file/item in the kernel it wants to patch! This ofcourse would take 10 years to do. I don't know why it won't assume yes to all and just do it?

Here was the command:

bzip2 -dc ../kernel-2.6.9.bz2 | patch -p1

Then I have some other issues like a number files that need to be updated just to get my system up to par. I tried to upgrade my kernel; with an rpm but I got failed dependencies (lib.so.6 (glibc2*). I know that when I update that file more dependcy issue will arise. I just don't want to go through that me. I also tried to update mkinitrd and go similar failed depency issues again. Hence me wanting a system (up2date?) to handle all this for me!!

So to answer my question again. Is up2date a proggie in redhat or is it just an web interface similar to Windows update agent? Are you saying up2date is no good? If it isn't what should I do as far as automation goes?

Thanks, BTW for your quick response! ;-)

I am not saying up2date is no good, I am saying Redhat 9 and below reached their end of life a long time ago, so there are no more updates/upgrades for those distros from Redhat. Up2date only works if there are packages to update, but because there aren't any for Redhat 9 and below, it won't work as its supposed to. Up2date is a program for Redhat/Fedora based distros to fetch updates from ftp or http mirrors and install them on your system.