8 At the terminal, enter xm new vm_cfgfile to reference the virtual machine
in the xenstore so it is managed again.
9 Restart the virtual machine.
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" (page 33).
(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 Section 7.4.5, "Building Your Own RPMs" (page 81) for
more information.
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