{"id":250,"date":"2011-09-19T06:31:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T11:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/blog\/?p=250"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:59:07","slug":"steps-to-kernel-update-with-rpm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/blog\/steps-to-kernel-update-with-rpm\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps To Kernel Update With rpm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you want to update your kernel with rpm then you have to follow the following steps :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log-in to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/web-servers\/linux-vps-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linux Server<\/a> with your root access.<\/li>\n<li>Run the following command to find out recent kernel availability on your server.<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>#uname -r<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>You have to edit grub.conf to new kernel availability.<\/li>\n<li>Run the following command to download latest kernel version from kernel.org<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>http:\/\/rpm.pbone.net\/index.php3\/stat\/3\/srodzaj\/2\/search\/kernel-2.4.21-47.0.1.EL.src.rpmrpm -ihv kernel-smp-2.4.21-47.0.1.EL.i686.rpm<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>You have to make new kernel as a default kernel<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>0 in \/boot\/grub\/grub.conf<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>Reboot your server with the following command.<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>#shutdown -r now<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to update your kernel with rpm then you have to follow the following steps : Log-in to your Linux Server with your root access. 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