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Need to find the OS release by seeing the kernel version

Adithyan — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:25:02 GMT

Hi Friends,

Is there any was to identify the OS update by viewing the kernel release.

For example by looking in to 2.6.9-67.0.4.ELsmp, is it possible to say it is RHEL update #

Thank you
Adithyan

Re: Need to find the OS release by seeing the kernel version

Ivan Ferreira — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:30:55 GMT

No, you can't say. You can have and old update version with a new kernel. You should consult /etc/redhat-release.

You could find the kernel package version that is installed by default with a specific "update" CD and do some match, but could not be accurate.

Re: Need to find the OS release by seeing the kernel version

Adithyan — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:07:35 GMT

Thanks Ivan

Re: Need to find the OS release by seeing the kernel version

Jeeshan — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:40:41 GMT

Hi

You can also see

#cat /proc/version

Re: Need to find the OS release by seeing the kernel version

Change_happens — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:56:19 GMT

yes cat /proc/version shows update version.
and cat /etc/-release file shows major version of linux distro. distro is redhat, SUSE or any other u have.