Mandrake update # urpmi.setup (add 9.2 source) # urpmi urpmi # urpmi --auto-select # urpmi kernel # reboot another way: ref:http://lwn.net/Articles/50687/ http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7018 followed the instructions in Cooker HOWTO and How to Upgrade Mandrake, updated the urpmi s ources to point to a fast local mirror and executed the following commands: urpmi.update -a urpmi --auto-select --no-verify-rpm --auto urpmi kernel