[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I would imagine that installing a kernel from rpm would be clutzy at
> best. Kernels either need to be configured and compiled for each
> machine individually, or use everything, and be bigger than all get
> out, or (the better solution, if you're going to do it) use modules,
> but then you'd have to include all the modules one could possibly
> need, or you'd have to have the user download each one they
> needed...hmm..I actually don't know how the install handles the
> kernel..for all I know they do use an rpm <shrug>
The install kernels (and the upgrades, such as the one in the 5.0 errata)
_ARE_ installed from from rpms. It's really no big deal. Reading the
installation notes for the 5.0 errata kernel is instructive; you are told to
_INSTALL_, not upgrade (rpm --install, not rpm -U), then modify lilo to
include a stanza which points at the new kernel, then reboot. You can then
select & test the new kernel and it's environment.
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Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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