topic Re: Update kernal 2.6.9-5 to 2.6.9-55 in Operating System - Linux

Update kernal 2.6.9-5 to 2.6.9-55

Khalid Shakoor — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:04:26 GMT

Hi Gurz,

Currently I have Kernel 2.6.9-5.ELsmp on an i686 and I want to upgrade my kernel 2.6.9-55 manually and I don’t have procedure how to update the kernel manually and where I can download the kernel source RPM.
I really appreciated if someone helps me to download these rpm and also give me installation procedure.

Thanks
Khalid Shakoor

Re: Update kernal 2.6.9-5 to 2.6.9-55

smatador — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:28:39 GMT

Hi,
There is a lot of good howto
Look for this howto if you have redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html
For suse
http://www.suselinuxsupport.de/wikka.php?wakka=HowToBuildingacustomKernel
http://www.suselinuxsupport.de/wikka.php?wakka=HowToSafeKernelUpgrades

Hope it helps

Re: Update kernal 2.6.9-5 to 2.6.9-55

Alan_152 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:49:30 GMT

I really like this document for *SuSE... http://www.suseblog.com/want-the-new-linux-2624-kernel-easy-upgrade-tutorial

Re: Update kernal 2.6.9-5 to 2.6.9-55

Ivan Ferreira — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:13:57 GMT

Here you have the procedure to compile the kernel from source.

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1024784

But you should donwload the binary RPM and just install with rpm -ivh kernel*.rpm if you want to do it easily.

Re: Update kernal 2.6.9-5 to 2.6.9-55

mohamed.bouraoui — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:50:36 GMT

Hi friend;
to upgrade the kernel you use
rpm -Uvh kernel_hope_version.rpm,
if you use redhat, you have to purchase the licence via redhat for dowload the new kernel.

Re: Update kernal 2.6.9-5 to 2.6.9-55

Taifur — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:41:35 GMT

Hi Khalid

Upgrade of the kernel in Red Hat enterprise Linux version <= 4.x
If your system is registered with Red Hat Network (RHN), then you can use the up2date command as follows:

# up2date -f kernel
For SMP kernel (multi core or multiple CPU) use command:
# up2date -f kernel-smp
Upgrade of the kernel in Fedora Linux / CentOS / RHEL 5
Use yum command to upgrade kernel:
# yum update kernel
If you have downloaded RPM file use rpm command:
# rpm -ivh kernel*
Upgrade of the kernel in Debian or Ubuntu Linux
Use apt-get command. First find your kernel version:
$ uname -r

Next find available kernel images:

$ apt-cache search kernel-image

Now install kernel by explicitly specifying version number:

# apt-get install kernel-image-x.x.x-xx

OR

$ sudo apt-get install kernel-image-x.x.x-xx

Check below link in details for upgrdae linux kernel
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-kernel-upgrade-howto/

If it helps , pls assign point.

Rgds//
Taifur

Re: Update kernal 2.6.9-5 to 2.6.9-55

Steven E. Protter — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:30:31 GMT

Shalom,

I'm wondering Khalid,

What distribution of Linux you use.

You can do a kernel only upgrade, but certain applications like high availability clustering will break if you only upgrade the kernel.

You should state the distribution and the reason you are interested in this upgrade. It might be more prudent to update the installation.

SEP

Re: Update kernal 2.6.9-5 to 2.6.9-55

Khalid Shakoor — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:13:42 GMT

Dear All,

Thanks a lot for your support.

Khalid