> On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 12:40 -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Does any one know what the following installed rpms do since they >> prevent the removal of older kernels that the system says these >> installed rpms depend on: >> >> dlm-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.2 >> GFS-kernel-2.6.11.8-20050601.152643.FC4.2 >> cman-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.12 >> dlm-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.12 >> dlm-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.10 >> GFS-kernel-2.6.11.8-20050601.152643.FC4.9 >> cman-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.2 >> gnbd-kernel-2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.35 >> gnbd-kernel-2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.45 >> GFS-kernel-2.6.11.8-20050601.152643.FC4.14 >> gnbd-kernel-2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.43 >> cman-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.9 >> -> yum info dlm-kernel- >> I have gotten several answers to this question from knowledgeable who give their time generously to answer questions. But in this case the answers were like the old Microsoft joke the answers are correct but not helpful. Now before people get riled let me make it clear that the reasons that the answers were not useful is that I asked the wrong question. Sure I can find out what these do by using techniques like rpm -qi and the yum method above but what mystifies me is that there are certain installed kernels on our machines that these rpms depend on. Or rather they depend on the kernel modules that the kernels bring with them. Now the latest kernel 2.6.12-1.1442.6.12-1.1447_FC47_FC4 is not one that these depend on.So if I want to use the rpms how can I do that and still remove the old kernels that are lying around? Actually I am not really sure that there are not some of the dlm, GFS, etc kernels that do not depend on: kernel 2.6.12-1.1442.6.12-1.1447 but I think that is true. I am still not sure this is the right question but I am getting closer. --
