Upgrading the Linux kernel

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):

Steps

  1. Download the packages to a directory of your choice, for example, /tmp.
  2. 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
  3. 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.

  4. Reboot the system
  5. 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

Parent topic: Installing the operating system for the metadata server

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