Just did an update via the gui notification tool.
The update tool now tells me I'm running kernel-2.6.10-1.9_FC2 and the latest is -2.6.10-1.771_FC2 . So, I can assume .771 is greater than .9 in the version numbering, right?
Right.
I did kernel and userland at the same time. I'm thinking that's a no-no, but I'm not sure which should go first, kernel or userland. Does it matter when doing a binary update?
In general it's best to do userland first so that any required updates are done that a new kernel might need but it doesn't really matter because you only start using a new kernel after a reboot.
It'd been a while, so it slammed /var. df showed 99% until I
did yum clean all from the command line. Now it's down to 57% (over 1GB),
and the root partition's /lib has leftovers from about seven updates, so
I'm going to have to read the FAQ about how to clean out old kernels and
their libraries and other leftovers from updates.
Can anybody point me to the FAQ on these questions?
See which kernels you have installed: $ rpm -q kernel kernel-smp
See which kernel you're running: $ uname -r
Then use "rpm -e" to remove all the kernels that are installed which are not the latest update and that you are not currently running. For example:
# rpm -e kernel-2.6.10-1.9_FC2
You might want to leave a single "old" kernel installed as a backup though in case you have problems at a later date.
Paul.
