On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 08:05, Antti J. Huhtala <ahuhtal4 at welho.com> wrote: > Hi list, > > I just finished building a custom kernel from 2.6.18-53.1.21 source rpm > - this time with ISA bus and ISAPNP support which I accidentally left > out of my previous attempt. > Unfortunately, this time I forgot to change my identifier in > kernel-2.6.spec file. Thus I now have one *installed* kernel version > *without* ISA support, and another one *with* ISA support but as rpm, > not yet installed. Both kernels now have identical identifiers. > > What is the safe way to remove the previous installed kernel version > without taking out the uninstalled new version? Is the latter safe in > ~/rpmbuild/RPMS if I use 'rpm -e' to remove the former version? There is no need to remove the old kernel. Use the --replacefiles option to rpm when installing the new kernel. Then verify that your grub.conf/lilo.conf has the correct entry. -- Laurence J. Peter - "Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it."