New Red Hat Linux/Fedora Core kernels.

[Ron Marriage]

Having just downloaded the ISO's, do I have to re=download all of them
or just disk 1?
Thanks
Ron


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker at octothorp.org>
To: "SPEAKUP Distribution List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:29 AM
Subject: New Red Hat Linux/Fedora Core kernels.


> Hi all,
>
>      New kernels are being built and uploaded to the Speakup Site
this
> evening into tomorrow morning.  They are for Red Hat Linux 7x, 8.0,
9, and
> Fedora Core 1.  There's a glitch with the Fedora kernels.  I had to
change
> the release number because the stock release numbers are too long
for the
> installer, once the Speakup modifier is added to the end.  I guess I
don't
> know enough about how the release numbers are incremented.  The
result is
> that RPM thinks that the new kernel is older than the one that's
presently
> installed.  The work-around is to add the "--oldpackage"  keyword to
the
> command line.  For example: "rpm -iv
kernel-2.4.2-2a.nptlspk2.i686.rpm
> --oldpackage".
>
>      Installation ISO's for Red Hat Linux 9 and Fedora Core 1 will
appear
> tomorrow.
>           HTH.
>
>
> Bill in Denver
>
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