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List:       suse-linux-uk-schools
Subject:    Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] health warning on latest kernel patch
From:       Paul Taylor <ptaylor () uklinux ! net>
Date:       2004-12-29 19:26:05
Message-ID: 200412291926.06078.ptaylor () uklinux ! net
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On Wednesday 29 December 2004 12:21, Phil Driscoll wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 December 2004 11:52, Adrian Wells wrote:
> > Thanks Paul, has anyone else seen this?
>
> SuSE were pretty quick off the mark to warn people about this. This message
> appeared on suse-security-announce less than twenty minutes after the
> original posting about the availability of the updated kernel:
>
I suppose I should be on that :)  I also updated another machine that I have 
at home and had no problems so it is somewhat dependent on installation.  The 
good thing is that I managed to sort it out which is a tribute to the support 
I have had on this forum over the years so I second Adrian's comments and 
wish everyone on the list a happy new year's open source.
> **********************
> The following only affects SUSE Linux 9.2.
>
> We received additional reports of breakage if you have additionaly the
> UserMode Linux
> Kernel package "kernel-um" installed.
>
> In this case the system initrd will be created from "kernel-um" and not
> from "kernel-default" or "kernel-smp"
>
> As workaround:
>
> - If you do not need the kernel-um package, deinstall it using:
>         rpm -e kernel-um
>
>    and recreate the system initird by running:
>         mkinitrd
>
>    before rebooting.
>
> - if you need the kernel-um package, restore the symlink using:
>
>         ln -sf /boot/initrd-2.6.8-24.10-default /boot/initrd
>
>     (replace -default by the kerneltyp you use, detectable by:
>         rpm -qa|grep kernel-
>
>      which will be either "default", "smp" or "bigsmp".)
>
>   after installing the updated packages and before booting the new kernel.
>
> Ciao, Marcus
> **********************
>
> --
> Phil Driscoll

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