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Quote:>Hello everyone.
>I just installed the patches to upgrade my Linux kernel from
>version 1.2.3 to version 1.2.8 but when I reboot or use the
>command 'uname -r' I still get 1.2.3 as the current kernel.  
>Are the patches supposed to update the kernel version so that
>the 'uname -r' command should report 1.2.8?

Quote:>Mike

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I just installed the patches to upgrade my Linux kernel from
version 1.2.3 to version 1.2.8 but when I reboot or use the
command 'uname -r' I still get 1.2.3 as the current kernel.  
Are the patches supposed to update the kernel version so that
the 'uname -r' command should report 1.2.8?

Mike

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The first three lines of /usr/src/linux/Makefile give the version
of the kernel sources:  
          VERSION = 1
          PATCHLEVEL = 2
          SUBLEVEL = 8

I'll bet you haven't installed the new kernel.

After you compile the kernel, you have to either write it to a floppy
and boot off the floppy (type 'make zdisk' to make a floppy), or run
lilo afterwards to install the new kernel in /vmlinuz and inform the
boot pgm of the location (type 'make zlilo').  For insurance, you
should keep a copy of the previous kernel on a floppy so you can
recover from a problem.

                             - Jim Van Zandt