[plug] upgrades

[Michael Hunt]

> Hi all,
>     is it possible to upgrade a RH5.2 system to latest kernel & I guess
> glibc2.1 without too much difficulty - are there any other needed
> packages?  There's starting to be a lot out there for 2.2 kernels that I
> want (latest alsa drivers for one) but its mid-semester and I don't want
> to kill the beast totally when its running very reliable.  I.d prefer
> not to do a full install due the amount of software I would have to
> reinstall/reconfigure even if I copy /usr across - much is compiled from
> source against glibc2.0.
>
>     Is it possible to install glibc 2.1 alongside 2.0, are they
> backwards compatible?
>
> BillK

As far as the upgrades goes there is a good document on RedHats> web site
explaining howto upgrade kernel to 2.2 an other specific isues. You can find
it at

http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/docs/kernel-2.2/kernel2.2-upgrade.html

Michael Hunt