This topic describes the procedure for upgrading the Linux™ kernel on
a metadata server.
Prerequisites
Obtain the following packages through your SUSE SLES8 Maintenance
Web service (or through a public Linux download site such as rpmfind.net):
- kernel-source-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
- k_smp-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
Steps
- Download the packages to a directory of your choice, for example,
/tmp.
- From the directory to which you downloaded the packages, install
the two packages with the following commands (ignore any "cannot remove
directory" warnings):
rpm -Uvh kernel-source-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
rpm -Uvh k_smp-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
- If you are using the lilo boot loader, be sure to edit the /etc/lilo.conf
file to point to this new kernel, then run the lilo command.
If you followed the standard SLES8 install instructions, you are
using the grub boot loader.
- Reboot the system
- The new kernel reports itself as version 2.4.21-231. For example:
evt5-mds2:/tmp uname -a
Linux evt5-mds2 2.4.21-231-smp 1 SMP Mon Jun 28 15:31:39 UTC 2004 i686 unknown