Hi All,

I need to update my redhatas4 kernel with kernel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.src.rpm. I check my current version with

[root@localhost tmp]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.9-67.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 7 13:56:44 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I install using

[root@localhost tmp]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.src.rpm

I rebooted it but nothing happens because I check it with uname -a and it still the same above. I install the rpm again and it keeps on reinstalling.

Please help or any idea?

Thanks in advance.

Look in the /boot directory to see if there is a kernel image of the version that you want. Then check your boot loader to see if it is loading that image or if it is still loading the image that you have been using prior to the upgrade.

If your boot loader is loading an image with a generic name such as vmlinuz then see if that is a pointer or a regular file. If it is a pointer see if it is pointing to the old kernel image. If so then delete it and create a new pointer that points to the new image. If it is a regular file then delete is an copy the new kernel image to that file name.

Be prepared to boot a live Linux CD to fix anything that you might break.

Doing these things by hand is SO 20th century. Too bad this wasn't/couldn't be done using some nice GUI system administration tool.

actually that was a wrong dowload, it should be in the rhn network so i download this instead kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm.

and it works like a charm, no more edit of grub.conf, just verify it and reboot.