How:

• Login as root, i.e. use root as username.
• Open a terminal (check the icon on the task bar at the bottom of the screen)
• Go to directory: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386

  Type cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 in the terminal.

• Download required files:
  • Type ftp ftp.cse.cuhk.edu.hk in the terminal.
  • Use ftp as username
  • Use a@ as password

    N.B. If you failed to login, try again in a few second. The server may have reached its limit on maximum login sessions.

  • Type cd /pub/redhat/updates/7.1/en/os/i386
  • Type binary
  • Type prompt
  • Type mget *
  • Type bye
• Install patches:
  • Type rpm -Fvh *.rpm
• Remove patches:
  • Type /bin/rm ./*.rpm
• Update lilo:

  You need to update lilo if you have upgraded the Linux kernel. How do you know you have upgraded the Linux kernel?

  • Your currently running Linux kernel version: uname -r
  • The installed/upgraded kernel: rpm -q kernel

  If uname -r returns 2.4.2-2 but rpm -q kernel returns kernel-2.4.3-12, your kernel has been upgraded. The version of the redhat-customized linux kernel you are currently using is 2.4.2-3, but the installed version becomes 2.4.3-12.

  To update your lilo, edit /etc/lilo.conf, change vmlinuz-2.4.2-3 to vmlinuz, commented the initrd line (if any) by adding # at the beginning of the line. Run the command /sbin/lilo once.

  Keystrokes:

  login as root first

      vi /etc/lilo.conf
      /vmlinuz
      e
      <SPACE>
      D
      /initrd
      0
      i#<ESC>
      :wq<ENTER>
      /sbin/lilo.conf