From: Rasmus Plewe (rplewe_at_suse.de)
Date: Mon Oct 01 2007 - 17:08:47 CEST
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:08:47 +0200 From: Rasmus Plewe <rplewe@suse.de> Message-ID: <20071001150847.GE11901@coredump.suse.de> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] kernel update advice on SLES
Hello,
in SLE10 SP1, updating the kernel should result in having the new kernel
installed additionally, with the default grub entry pointing to it and
another grub entry pointing to the old kernel.
I don't think it is likely we will introduce this feature into older
products, though.
Regards,
Rasmus
-- Rasmus Plewe --- Linux Beta Test Coordinator SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 08:02:25AM -0700, Greg Byrd wrote: > Hi Gaël. > > I observed the same issue earlier this year and during > a support call to Novell I talked to a support person > about my concerns with this. The Novell support > person agreed with these concerns, but there hasn't > been a change to this approach. > > We run SLES 8 and 9 on a mainframe, so there isn't a > CD/DVD to facilitate system recovery if a > installed/upgraded kernel is bad. I would like to see > Novell step up to the plate and fix this (perhaps it > is with SLES 10). For those running SLES on > mainframes, this is a huge issue (my humble opinion of > course). > > Greg > > > --- Gaël Lams <lamsgael@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > We recently set-up SLES 9 SP3 servers with the > > Oracle Applicationas > > ERP on top of it. > > > > We setup a local you servers and will next week > > perform the updates. I > > saw several kernel updates and know that normally > > with yast what is > > performed is an rpm -U instead of an rpm-i (at least > > it was like this > > on the Professional/Opensuse version). > > This means that when you reboot you only have one > > entry in the boot > > loader and in case of problem, it can be a mess to > > recover. I know > > that you could download the kernel rpms, install it > > (not update) and > > this way, in case of the problem, you just have to > > reboot back to the > > previous kernel to have a working system. > > > > Is there a recommended way? It is safe to have it > > done automatically > > though yast? > > The fact is that SP3 was released on Jan 2006 and > > there a really a lot > > of patches to be installed: using yast would be > > "easier" but would it > > be safe for kernel updates? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Gaël > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-sles-e-unsubscribe@suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-sles-e-help@suse.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-sles-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-sles-e-help@suse.com
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