Hello Lawson,
I really appreciate your detailed
replies!
I was having problems installing
kernel-source-2.2.5-15.rpm, so I did the next best
thing....I obtained the version of
the 2.0.33 kernel from ftp.kernel.org (I chose this
particular version since the software I am trying to
install requires any versions 2.0.27 through 2.0.37).
The "make" commands (such as install, config, dep,
boot) all worked great! I also edited the
/etc/lilo.conf file to point to the new kernel version
and verified that the vmlinuz.2.0.33 file exists
in /boot. But I have had no luck trying to get the
machine to recognize the new kernel version...each
time it boots using the previous version (2.2.5-15).
Any suggestions?
Thanks again!
- Nihal
> There is more to installing a kernel than "make
> install", but no,
> basically, it should not hurt to use a newer version
> of the same major
> version number. Theoretically, kernels with the
> same major vesion
> number are fully backward-compatible, that is,
> anything that will run
> correctly with kernel 2.2.1 will run correctly with
> kernel 2.2.37 (It's
> not out yet, but if/when it is...). It's considered
> relatively trivial
> to upgrade a kernel to a later minor version.
>
> If you installed RedHat from a CD, somewhere on the
> CD will be
> RedHat/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.5-15.rpm or so. The
> -15 may not show up.
> That is RedHat's patch level (yes, RedHat patches
> the kernel, for
> reasons that seem sufficient to them, but the
> original unpatched source
> and the patches are available in SRPMS).
>
> IIRC, you were trying to make a module for another
> package. The
> instructions for that _probably_ won't account for
> RedHat. The only
> real booby-trap I know of is if you have a SCSI hd,
> and if you configure
> the SCSI drivers as modules, you will need an initrd
> to boot, and will
> not be successful booting from a floppy made with
> make zdisk or make
> bzdisk. RedHat has an installkernel script and a
> mkinitrd rpm that
> should help with that, or you can configure the SCSI
> drivers you need to
> compile as part of the kernel, then a raw kernel
> boot floppy should
> work. /usr/src/linux/README is a good place to
> start. It gets a little
> vague about actually installing a kernel once you
> have made one. I
> expect the installkernel script should help out
> here. I always leave at
> least one kernel I know works in /etc/lilo.conf, and
> add the new one as
> the default, and if it doesn't work, I can always
> get the lilo prompt
> and choose the old one.
> >
> > =====
> Lawson
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>
> This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may
> vary.
>
>
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