Kernel update

[Timothy Murphy]

Rohan Kulkarni wrote:

>             How do I update to the latest kernel version and then build it
> without using YUM?I have the 2.6.21.1 kernel and want to
>             upgrade to 2.6.21.5.

Do you mean you want to compile it?
You can get any vanilla version from www.kernel.org .
You have to say something like "make xconfig"
and then specify your configuration choices -
or get the choices in one of the distribution kernels.
Then you say "make".
Either way it is very time-consuming.


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