Im trying to update my kernel to 2.4.20-18.8.
I cant use up2date becouse i cant get it to connect :/
so i downloaded the rpm. after download i did a rpm -Uvh .
So now I must be able to choose what kernel i want on boot right? My old one or my new one. But the only option is my old one. So i thought maybe i made something wrong somewhere so i tried to uninstall it and reinstall it and this is the error msg I get:

on rpm -e : error: package kernel-source-2.4.20-18.8.i386.rpm is not installed

on rpm -Uvh :
rpmdb: read: 0x401ed5b4, 4096: Input/output error
error: db4 error(5) from dbcursor->c_get: Input/output error package kernel-source-2.4.20-18.8 is already installed

I dont know what to do.
How do I install this ?

btw I'm running Red hat 8.0

First, run "rpm -qa | grep kernel" and show us what is installed. Second, are you using lilo or grub to boot?
and third, what was the filename of the RPM you downloaded?

Hi Saraev,

First, on "rpm -qa | grep kernel" i got:
kernel-2.4.18-14
kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-9
kernel-source-2.4.20-18.8
Second, I have no idea if im using lilo or grub to boot, sorry i new at this :/
And the name of the rpm was kernel-source-2.4.20-18.8.i386.rpm.

Thanks

Hi there

The reason maybe u are not able to connect to the rhn network is because RH has changed their SSL certs on the rhn network. If u goto the rhn network there are instructions on how to upgrade the certs and fix the problem here is the link: https://rhn.redhat.com/index.pxt. Once this is done try and upgrade your kernel via the rhn network.

If u still unable to connect to the rhn network I have noticed in you last post that the current kernel u have installed is kernel-2.4.18-14. Yes u did download the new kernel rpm but it was the source code. If u ran the following cmd to install the source e.g rpm -Ivh kernel-source-2.4.20-18.8 u will see under /usr/src/ a dir called linux-2.4.20-18.8 and in here u will find all your source files for that kernel.

What u need to do is download the rpm called kernel-2.4.20-18.8*.rpm, and this will be the rpm that will install the kernel on to your box. Once u have downloaded this file type the cmd rpm -Uvh kernel-2.4.20-18.8*.rpm. The next time u boot up u will see a extra line when u boot up indicating the new kernel.

Hope this explanation helped u a little and good luck
cheers

Thanks aqoliveira

Have only one more question. Im running a AMD 1600, is that i686 or i586 ?

cheers

It's i686