Proper way to install new kernel 2.6.11.7 into Fedora Core 3

[Rick Stevens]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Temlakos wrote:
> 
> 
>>Rick Stevens wrote:
>>
>>>Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dear all,
>>>>   I was afraid to update to a newer kernel with all
>>>>the messages that the system won't boot but I am
>>>>taking a risk.  I have downloaded 2.6.11.7.tar.bz2 and
>>>>extracted it.  I read the README and have done the
>>>>following:
>>>>make mrproper
>>>>make xconfig
>>>>make dep
>>>>make clean
>>>>make bzImage
>>>>
>>>>What else do i need to do?  I am still running
>>>>2.6.9-1.667.  I need to manually edit /boot/grub.conf
>>>>to put the new kernel. What advice can you give me?
>>>>
>>>>Do I need to do a modules install? or something like
>>>>that.
>>>>
>>>>I appreciate all the help that you can provide.
>>>
>>>
>>>You don't need the "make dep" or "make clean" steps with 2.6 kernels.
>>>Simply:
>>>
>>>    make mproper
> 
>              ^^^^^^^ "mrproper" (as above)

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