Need help - updated kernel error

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Jun 16 16:02:01 EDT 2003


nmeyers at javalinux.net writes:

[snip]

> > I use Redhat 7.1 
>
> The newer kernel has a lot of interdependencies with newer versions of
> other packages on the system. If you really need this newer kernel, then
> you should get the updated versions of these other packages (modutils,
> mkinitrd, e2fsprogs, initscripts, dev, and iptables) from Red Hat.

Better yet, upgrade to an OS less than 2+ years old, and one that Red
Hat still supports.  RH7.1 was released around April 01, more than two
years ago, and they stopped supporting it months ago.  At least
upgrade to RH7.3, if RH8 and RH9 don't work for you.

-derek

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