On Thu, 17 May 2001, Dan Crooks wrote: dancro> While trying to install the kernel upgrade with rpm I dancro> received error messages: 1) failed dependencies: dancro> rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0.1 is needed by dancro> kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1 2) mount < 2.10r conflicts with dancro> kernel-2.2... 3) nfs-utils < 0.3.1 conflicts with dancro> kernel-2.2... dancro> dancro> Where can I find libdb? How could I determine that for dancro> myself if I run into another dependency? libdb-3 is in the db3 package. This is not easy to determine, unfortunately. The Red Hat up2date service can figure this out automatically, I believe. You shouldn't need the --replacefiles option to rpm. A conflict usually means you should use the -U option to rpm so the package is Upgraded, instead of Installed. Here is the order you will need to follow for the kernel upgrade. I'm doing this from memory, so I may have forgotten some dependencies. First upgrade rpm. You really should upgrade to all the latest packages in the Red Hat updates tree, since many security problems are fixed and the latest packages are required for other updates, as you have discovered. For instance, I believe there is a new gnorpm that works with the new rpm-4.0.2. The -F option means to only upgrade if an older package of the same name is already installed (Freshen). rpm -Uvh db3-*3.1.17-4.6x.i386.rpm rpm -Fvh rpm-*4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm popt-1.6.2-6x.i386.rpm rpm --rebuilddb (to convert to rpm 4 database files) Now install files required by the new kernel: rpm -Fvh mount-2.10r-0.6.x.i386.rpm nfs-utils-0.3.1-0.6.x.1.i386.rpm Upgrade all the kernel packages except the main one and smp one: rpm -Fvh kernel-BOOT-2.2.19-6.2.1.i386.rpm kernel-doc-2.2.19-6.2.1.i386.rpm kernel-headers-2.2.19-6.2.1.i386.rpm kernel-ibcs-2.2.19-6.2.1.i386.rpm kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.19-6.2.1.i386.rpm kernel-source-2.2.19-6.2.1.i386.rpm kernel-utils-2.2.19-6.2.1.i386.rpm Now choose the right main kernel package for your architecture (i386, i586, i686, regular or smp), and install that (don't upgrade it so you can keep the old one around if the new one gives you problems). The i586 and i686 versions are in their own subdirectories of the updates tree, not in the i386 subdirectory. rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1.i686.rpm (notice the -i option to install instead of upgrade. This leaves the older versions around for emergencies.) Edit /etc/lilo.conf and make a new stanza and edit it for the new version (copy a stanza from another one in the file). Make sure to change the old stanza(s) to different labels (like linux.old or something): image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-6.2.1 label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.19-6.2.1.img read-only root=/dev/hda2 If you have an initrd line in lilo.conf that isn't empty, you need to create a new initial ram disk: /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.19-6.2.1.img 2.2.19-6.2.1 Re-run lilo: /sbin/lilo Now you should be set to "shutdown -r now" and boot the new kernel.