to, 2008-07-17 kello 09:16 +0100, ne.. kirjoitti: > 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. > Ah, indeed. I've never used --replacefiles in installing kernels but guess it works with them just as with any other files. Thanks! Antti