[olug] Redhat 8 kernal errata updates

[CM Miller]

Am I thinking lilo here, but doesn't a ./sbin/grub
come into play at the very end?  

I know that John, aka Mr Helpy, advised me on this at
the last installfest. 

Perhaps he or another member could give us his insight
on how to do this.

thanks

-Chris 


--- Jeff Hinrichs <jlh at cox.net> wrote:
> Francis,
> Sorry, not much for using the gui, I do it from the
> command line. :)
> 
> First find out what kernels you have installed
> currently (as root, from a
> shell):
>   rpm -qa|grep kernel
> Now, find out what kernel you are currently booting
> with:
>   uname -a
> Now remove the kernels you are not using (repeat as
> needed, removing the
> oldest [smallest verison number] to oldest):
>   rpm -e kernel-2.xxxxxxx
> Now check to make sure you have room
>  df -ah
> and see how much you have available on your boot
> partition (usually, /boot,
> for a Redhat install)
> 
> If you are not sure what kernels to remove email us
> the output of the first
> two commands listed above.
> 
> Have fun!
> -Jeff
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Francis Geiger" <hmcsret at cox.net>
> To: "Omaha linux user group email" <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:45 AM
> Subject: [olug] Redhat 8 kernal errata updates
> 
> 
> > As a newbie I have been using the Redhat8 up2date
> package to update my
> > system. I have just been clicking on the up2date
> launcher and installed
> > the new Kernel errata changes.  Now the launcher
> says I need 4 meg to do
> > the install. At boot in grub, I see three versions
> of the kernel listed.
> > The latest edition is highlighted.  I just go with
> the count down and
> > all is well. Being new to this system I assume
> these are copies of the
> > entire kernel and I need to remove one or two
> copies to make room for
> > the latest errata.  Am I correct here also how do
> I remove one of the
> > versions without creating problems?   Many thanks
> in advance Grant
> >
> >
> >
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