# SLES 11SP3 looking for specific kernel

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11sp3-looking-for-specific-kernel/27271>\
**Category:** SLES Updates\
**Created:** [July 24, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11sp3-looking-for-specific-kernel/27271 "2015-07-24T10:18:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![isaez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@isaez](https://forums.suse.com/u/isaez)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11sp3-looking-for-specific-kernel/27271/1 "2015-07-24T10:18:12Z")

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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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**Author:** ![thsundel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@thsundel](https://forums.suse.com/u/thsundel)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11sp3-looking-for-specific-kernel/27271/2 "2015-07-24T10:38:18Z")

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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](https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7014823)

Thomas

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**Author:** ![isaez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@isaez](https://forums.suse.com/u/isaez)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11sp3-looking-for-specific-kernel/27271/3 "2015-07-24T11:05:04Z")

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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~](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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**Author:** ![thsundel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@thsundel](https://forums.suse.com/u/thsundel)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11sp3-looking-for-specific-kernel/27271/4 "2015-07-24T11:15:58Z")

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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~](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~](https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=5Vh7boLCyOQ~)

Thomas

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**Author:** ![thsundel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@thsundel](https://forums.suse.com/u/thsundel)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11sp3-looking-for-specific-kernel/27271/5 "2015-07-24T11:26:29Z")

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[QUOTE=thsundel;28862]Here is the URL for that specific kernel: [https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=5Vh7boLCyOQ~](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](https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book_sle_tuning/data/cha_tuning_multikernel_enable.html)

Thomas

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**Author:** ![isaez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@isaez](https://forums.suse.com/u/isaez)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11sp3-looking-for-specific-kernel/27271/6 "2015-07-24T13:56:34Z")

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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