[CentOS] RE: trying to upgrade from Centos 4.0 to current--repairRPM database

[Johnny Hughes]

I think that it is installed, just not the default ...

When booting, at the grub screen (first light blue screen), press a key
(like the arrow key) ... you should see all the installed kernels,
likely the new kernel is installed.

You may need to edit the file:

/boot/grub/grub.conf

to make it the default

On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 17:48 -0400, David Campbell wrote:
> ummm I may have spoken too soon.. lol.   It still does not show the
> available update in up2date.  I have rebooted the server to verify that
> everything has been refreshed.  Still there are no options to upgrade the
> kernel.. Although initially, you were right, it was in the exceptions list.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On
> Behalf Of David Campbell
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 5:37 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: RE: [CentOS] RE: trying to upgrade from Centos 4.0 to
> current--repairRPM database
> 
> 
> you are exactly right.. Thanks to all of you for your help..
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On
> Behalf Of Johnny Hughes
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:28 PM
> To: CentOS ML
> Subject: RE: [CentOS] RE: trying to upgrade from Centos 4.0 to
> current--repair RPM database
> 
> 
> You probably have the kernel exempted in the method you are using to do
> the update.
> 
> up2date normally exempts the kernel ... click on the
> 
> Menu -> System Settings -> CentOS Network Settings
> 
> Click on the "Package Exceptions" tab ... and remove kernel* from the
> "Package Names to Skip" section and save.
> 
> Then you can run up2date and upgrade your kernel.
> 
> On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 15:45 -0400, David Campbell wrote:
> > the --initdb and then --rebuilddb solved all of the problem except the
> > kernel issue...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On
> > Behalf Of Bryan J. Smith
> > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 3:29 PM
> > To: CentOS mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] RE: trying to upgrade from Centos 4.0 to current
> > --repair RPM database
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 19:15 +0300, Pasi Pirhonen wrote:
> > > man page
> > > ========
> > > 'Use --initdb to create a new database, use --rebuilddb to rebuild the
> > > database indices from the installed package headers.'
> > > As in --initdb would efectively nuke all your bookkeeping about
> > > installed RPMS.
> >
> > Last time I checked --initdb just creates an empty database.  --
> > rebuilddb creates an empty database and re-populates it.  You can run
> > the latter after former.  In fact, I typically had to do that back with
> > early RPM 4.0.
> >
> > Furthermore, RPM 4 can get RPM database info from outside the database.
> > Remember, the db is just an index.  The RPM information is stored
> > outside of it too.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bryan J. Smith     b.j.smith at ieee.org     http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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