[NTLUG:Discuss] upgrade kernel only?

[Rusty Haddock]

David Camm wrote:
    >we're running a very stable redhat 5.2 server which we recently upgraded
    >to an MP configuration. the kernel gen (2.0.36) went quite well and
    >we've been running now for 40 days on the MP.
    >
    >i've heard that the 2.2 kernels have much better MP support than the
    >'old' 2.0 kernels.
    >
    >now here's the dumb question:
    >
    >rather than upgrading from 5.2 to 6.1, which may require a lot of
    >re-build and editing of conf files, can we go get the kernel source for
    >(say) 2.2.16 and just gen the new kernel and modules? if feasible, is
    >this prudent for a production server?

The "prudent" thing to do is to try out any upgrade on a non-production
server.  Why would you test on a PRODUCTION machine?

    >any advice would be greatly appreciated.....

It was free and that may very well have been the only good thing about it. :-)

	-Rusty-
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