yellowdog-newbie Digest, Vol 9, Issue 7

[Derick Centeno]

Consider what you are adding to your system that requires you to update 
the kernel or anything else.  A lot of problems in Linux can be avoided 
by just working carefully and diligently with the whatever stock 
version of software one has.  Upgrade if you need to and when you 
comprehend the details of why and the procedures required to complete 
the process.  When you reach that level of comprehension you also will 
consider this question more carefully than you do now.

Make sure that yum.conf is pointing to useable repositories which are 
kept current or "fresh".  If this is done you can use yum as follows, 
let's say you want to ensure you have the latest stuff for xine.  You 
can do:

yum search xine*

and yum will search for any and all occurances of xine and xine 
packages which are available.

when you get back a list you can then select from that list or install 
the entire list:

yum install xine*

If you are current up to the version of the kernel you have yum will 
tell you.  However you will have to do a bit of research and be bold 
enough to double check whatever it tells you.  You could do:

yum upgrade kernel

or

yum install kernel

If you are unsure about using yum you could do

man yum

or

info yum

to get more information from the help system.

On May 10, 2005, at 1:05 PM, Matthew McGraw wrote:

> cian,
>
> the HOW-TO on terrasoft's site mentions updating the kernel and gives 
> a number, the output of uname on my system shows a lower number than 
> the one given, therefore i assume i need to update...
>
> i havent yet figured out how to use yum to update anything, let alone 
> the kernel... anyone willing to walk me thru it, i would greatly 
> appreciate the help.
>
> tia,
>
> matt
>
> On Sunday, May 8, 2005, at 11:00 AM, 
> yellowdog-newbie-request at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:
>
>> As goes HFS mounting, I'm surprised its not in the kernel by default -
>> filesystem type hfsplus. Mounting would be along the lines of 'mount
>> -t hfsplus /dev/hda1 /mnt/osx'
>>
>> If its not in the kernel already, I would expect a newer kernel to be
>> in the yum repositories
>>
>> Cian
>
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