Re: Install Older Kernel

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ah, thanks everybody.
Yang


On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:23:16 -0700, Rick Stevens
<rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yang Xiao wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:13:43 -0400, Yang Xiao <yxiao2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:09:02 -0500 (CDT), Satish Balay
> >><balay@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Yang Xiao wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi all,
> >>>>I haven't tried this, can I force install an older version kernel rpm?
> >>>>I tried to install using rpm -ivh and it wouldn't let me saying a
> >>>>newer version is installed already. I need to install the 2.6.7 kernel
> >>>>so in case the 2.6.8 craps out, I can fall back to it. I know I can do
> >>>>this if I uninstall 2.6.8, but it's a pain.
> >>>>Many thanks,
> >>>
> >>>use:
> >>>
> >>>rpm -ivh --oldpackage kernel-XX.rpm
> >>>
> >>>Satish
> >>>
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> >>
> >>great, many thanks for the fast reply.
> >>
> >>Yang
> >>
> >
> >
> > Is it possible to do this directly using YUM ?
> 
> Uh, nope.  YUM = "yellowdog updater modified", not "yellowdog unupdater"
> ;-)
> 
> You'll need to download the RPM and "rpm -ivh --oldpackage" it manually.
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