Re: Security update for 2.4.18 - solved
On (12/06/03 01:04), Clive Menzies wrote:
> Following the recent security alert I've installed new kernels on 4
> machines including two HP LPro servers, one of which is dual processor.
>
> I installed the corresponding 686 smp kernel and /root is showing:
> vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-1-686-smp
>
> However, uname -ra gives:
> Linux Hydra 2.4.18-1-686 #1 Fri Jun 6 22:41:17 EST 2003 i686 unknown
>
> I am assuming that I am booting from the smp kernel but why is uname -ra
> showing otherwise?
Apologies for following up on my own post...
I commented out vmlinuz.old in /etc/lilo.conf, reran lilo and rebooted
Now uname -ra gives the new kernel.
If I had just rerun lilo would it have had the same result?
Clive
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