Re: Rookie Q: Building Kernel

[Brian hayward <hayward slothmud org>]

# indicate how this is to be done.  They all say the kernel is to be
# installed in the /usr/src/linux directory but they don't say how to
# install it there.

first do a:  rpm -qa | grep kernel
On my machine that yields:
kernel-2.0.27-5
kernel-headers-2.0.27-5
kernel-modules-2.0.27-5
kernel-source-2.0.27-5

That tells you what you already have installed.
Your next step is to ftp to ftp.redhat.com or a good mirror, then download
the other files for your current version of kernel, then do rpm -i on each
file that you download that was not already on your system.
for instance, If you have all but the one that shows up as:
kernel-source-2.0.27-5, you would ftp from redhat the file called:

kernel-source-2.0.27-5.i386.rpm

remember, versions are important.  You cannot mix and match
source and headers of two different versions.

If you want to upgrade to a more recent kernel than the one already on
your system, you must follow the guidelines on this web page:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/intel/kernel-upgrade-intel.html

If your machine runs constantly on the internet, it is suggested that you
upgrade to a more recent one by following their guidelines at the above
web page.

==
Brian