At 15:00 22/11/98 -0300, Joaquin wrote:
>Hi to all:
>
> I want to upgrade kernel's RedHat 5.1. I have 2.0.34 and I have
>downloaded linux-2.0.35.tar.gz. The matter is I don't now how I have to
>install it.
>
Firstly, the 2.0.36 kernel is out now so if you have the time you might
want to get that one instead of 2.0.35. There is also a HOWTO on compiling
the kernel. It is in /usr/src/HOWTO/kernel.html and if you had RH it is
probably in html format, but gzipped up. So just run gunzip kernel.html.gz
and you can look at the HOWTO.
> First one, I am not sure if I have to install the kernel source 2.0.34
>or if it is just installed when I intalled the first CD of RedHat. I have
>the source in the second CD. Do I have to install it too?
>
In a normal RH install i don't think the source is installed. No problem
because you have the new kernel source linux-2.0.35.tar.gz
So, the first thing to do is check if you have the 2.0.34 source installed.
Go to /usr/src and type 'ls -l' (withought the '). Do you have a
directory called linux-2.0.34? that is the src directory. If you do, see
if anything is in it. If not then you can delete it. If there is i
suggest you tar.gz it.
To do that, get into the /usr/src directory and type:
tar zcvf linux-2.0.34 old_tree.tar.gz
check if the linux-2.0.34 and the old_tree.tar.gz should go the other way
using 'man tar' or 'info tar'.
ok, once that is done you may also have a symlinked file called linux which
in your ls -l will appear like: linux -> linux-2.0.35
If you do, delete the file 'linux'.
No copy your linux-2.0.35.tar.gz source file into the /usr/src directory.
Type:
tar ztvf linux-2.0.35
This command will let you see if the tar file makes it's own directory. It
will list a lot of files quickly, all starting with 'linux/', which means
that a directory called linux will be made.
no problem now. Just type:
tar zxvf linux-2.0.35
and let it go. when it is finished you should change the name from linux
to linux-2.0.35, so just go:
mv linux linux-2.0.35
then make a symlink from a new file called 'linux' to 'linux-2.0.35' using:
ln -s linux-2.0.35 linux
check with the manual 'man ln' or 'man symlink' to make sure the order of
the two names is correct, that is the new symlinked file linux is the last
argument. If the command should be: 'ln -s linux linux-2.0.35' then you
will just have to delete the file linux and the linux-2.0.35 directory and
untar the source file again. then just use the right symlink command.
sorry i can't be a bit more specific- i can never remember the order. i
always check myself.
And that is it!
then you can just:
cd linux
and then say:
make xconfig
(assuming you are using Xwindows)
and start to configure your kernel!
check the HOWTO first though, as it goes through all this and more. ;-)
Hope that helps
adrian b.
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