SLES 11SP3 looking for specific kernel

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Updates
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Hi,

I’ve a SuSe Enterprise 11SP3 64 bit and need to dowload a specfific kernel version: 3.0.101-0.15. At the moment we have an higher version. Is it possible to get (or download) and older version with zypper??

regards,

Ivan

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[QUOTE=isaez;28857]Hi,

I’ve a SuSe Enterprise 11SP3 64 bit and need to dowload a specfific kernel version: 3.0.101-0.15. At the moment we have an higher version. Is it possible to get (or download) and older version with zypper??

regards,

Ivan[/QUOTE]

See here, at the bottom there is an example how to downgrade the kernel: https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7014823

Thomas

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Thomas,

Thank you for your reply. I’ve tried to download the package but I get not found:

zypper in --oldpackage --download-only kernel-default=3.0.101-0.15.1
Refreshing service ‘nu_novell_com’
Loading repository data…
…
Package ‘kernel-default-3.0.101-0.15.1’ not found

Strangely enough I get an “Unknown option ‘–no-refresh’” if I add --no-refresh but zypper knows the option.

And the url to download the kernel (http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=X-K27cpMfVQ~) shows me only 3.0.101-0.21 kernels. Is there some other url where the 3.0.101-0.15 can be found?

regards,

Ivan

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[QUOTE=isaez;28861]Thomas,

Thank you for your reply. I’ve tried to download the package but I get not found:

zypper in --oldpackage --download-only kernel-default=3.0.101-0.15.1
Refreshing service ‘nu_novell_com’
Loading repository data…
…
Package ‘kernel-default-3.0.101-0.15.1’ not found

Strangely enough I get an “Unknown option ‘–no-refresh’” if I add --no-refresh but zypper knows the option.

And the url to download the kernel (http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=X-K27cpMfVQ~) shows me only 3.0.101-0.21 kernels. Is there some other url where the 3.0.101-0.15 can be found?

regards,

Ivan[/QUOTE]

Here is the URL for that specific kernel: https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=5Vh7boLCyOQ~

Thomas

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[QUOTE=thsundel;28862]Here is the URL for that specific kernel: https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=5Vh7boLCyOQ~

Thomas[/QUOTE]

You could also try enabling multiversion support: https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book_sle_tuning/data/cha_tuning_multikernel_enable.html

Thomas

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Thomas,

Thanks for your support. I’ve downloaded the 3.0.101-0.15 rpm kernel files and will apply them. For now I want look at multiversion as I’m in a hurry but I’ll give it a try in the near future.

regards,

Ivan