On Friday 15 February 2002 16:31, Gerald Waugh wrote: > On Thursday 14 February 2002 09:42 pm, Gerald Waugh wrote: > > [root@gerald kernel-2.4.17]# rpm -Uvh findutils-4.1.7-3mdk.i586.rpm > > Preparing... ########################################### > > [100%] 1:findutils > > ########################################### [100%] [root@gerald > > kernel-2.4.17]# rpm -Uvh mkinitrd-3.1.6-26mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... > > ########################################### [100%] 1:mkinitrd > > ########################################### [100%] > > [root@gerald kernel-2.4.17]# rpm -Uvh > > kernel-2.4.17.17mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... > > ########################################### [100%] 1:kernel-2.4.17.17mdk > > ########################################### [100%] > > > > what is kernel-BOOT-2.4.17.17mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm for > > As you can see above I installed the RPMs > > Now for the 64000 dollar question > > What do I do now? > > I read lilo.conf and see that 2.4.17 is in there > I increased delay to 100 > and rebooted > select 2.4.17 > and it is now running > I guess I have to copy it to vmlinux > cp vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk vmlinux ???? > What is the config for?
I think the config is the config used for your kernel. If you wanted to change just one or two things in your kernel, you could install the kernel source and edit that config file with your changes and compile a new kernel using that edited config. Hope this makes sense. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works
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