Hi Slug I really dont see any gotchas, the most important thing when upgrading kernels is to keep the old kernel image around, usually when you do the 'make install', make will create new links to the new kernel and retain the old links. These links should turn up in the lilo or grub boot screen.
About the only thing I ever come across is when make writes to the lilo or grub config file it uses LABEL to point to the root partition, and I have to alway change this to the actual device, refer to /etc/fstab for you root device (this could be a RedHat problem?). On Fri, 06 Feb 2004, Slug wrote: > Thanks Jeff and David. > > I need to compile the kernel unfortunately. > > > Stu > > On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 21:40, David Uzzell wrote: > > Slug wrote: > > > I'm looking at upgrading a kernel from 2.4.20 to 2.4.24. I'm running a > > > mandrake 9.2 system with lots of stuff server and client related. > > > > > > Since this is a new thing for me (I generally stick within Kernel > > > releases that come with a MDK distro) I was wondering if someone knew > > > the general gotchas that might bite me (as it where). > > > > > > I need to do this as a certain dvb package insists I need at least > > > 2.4.23 to run. If it sounds too hard to resolve possible dependency > > > issues, I'll change tack and try the back releases of the DVB s/w. > > > > > > > You would hope with the exploit in the Kernel that Mandrake would > > release a kernel updated to the latest! > > > > I would be inclined to see if there is a Security Update MDK rpm which > > would solve all your issues. > > > > Slackware has and their upgrades go very easy with this in mind without > > the need of compile anything unless you generally make your own kernel's > > in the first place. > > > > David > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > Stu > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -------------------------------------------------- Darren Williams <dsw AT gelato.unsw.edu.au> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <www.gelato.unsw.edu.au> -------------------------------------------------- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
