Novell XEN - ADMINISTRATION Manual page 85

7.4.2 Uninstalling the RHEL 5 Drivers
1 Open a terminal.
2 Enter rpm -e kmod-vmdp-rhel5- xxx , where xxx is the version of
the installed driver pack.
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Enter rpm -qa | grep vmdp to find out what you have installed.
3 Edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst and make the following changes:
• Set the default= xxx (where xxx is the old boot entry) to default=0, which
is the boot entry with the latest initrd.
• Remove all hdx=noprobe entries from the kernel line.
4 Restart the virtual machine.
7.4.3 Upgrading the RHEL 5 Drivers
1 Open a terminal.
2 Mount the driver pack ISO. For instructions on how to use the ISO images see
Section 5.1, "Virtual CD Readers"
(Optional) If you are installing from an RPM that you built, the RPM is located
in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/arch, where arch is the architecture of the
virtual machine. See
more information.
3 Enter rpm -U xxx.rpm , where xxx is the name of the newer driver pack
RPM.
4 Verify that the default kernel is the one with the latest initrd in the /boot/
grub/menu.list.
(page 33).
Section 7.4.5, "Building Your Own RPMs" (page 81) for
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