updating kernel

[sparktino]

Hello,

Can I do a "yum update" on my cpanel machine. I need to upgrade the kernel on this machine.
It is a CentOS release 5.8 (Final) system with kernel version kernel-2.6.18-308.4.1.el5. I want to update the system to 5.9 so that it gets the kernel version 2.6.18-348.3.1.el5.


Thanks

 

[PenguinInternet]

Yes, OS updates and standard OS distributed kernels are fine to update

 

[Astral God]

Yes, we run 'yum update kernel' on a regular basis without any major problem.

 

[sparktino]

Hello

Thank you Guys for the reply.

When I try to do the update it is giving me missing dependency errors regarding i386 packages.

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--> Missing Dependency: python = 2.4.3-46.el5 is needed by package python-devel-2.4.3-46.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.5-81 is needed by package glibc-devel-2.5-81.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: nash = 5.1.19.6-75.el5 is needed by package mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: python = 2.4.3-46.el5 is needed by package python-devel-2.4.3-46.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.5-81 is needed by package glibc-2.5-81.i686 (installed)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
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The system is a 64bit one.
uname -i
x86_64

I think i386 packages are excluded in yum.conf

# cat /etc/yum.conf
[main]
exclude=*.i386 *.i586 *.i686 apache* bind-chroot courier* dovecot* exim* filesystem httpd* mod_ssl* mydns* mysql* nsd* php* proftpd* pure-ftpd* ruby* spamassassin* squirrelmail*
tolerant=1

Can I remove that from the exclude list in yum.conf

I am asking all these simple questions because I want to make sure that things I do won't break the cpanel system.

Thanks