Karan Saberwal wrote:
Hi Paul
Does this mean that if I replace the kernel rpm and re-burn the CDs , then
the new kernel will be installed on the machine ?
e.g. -> I dump the 3 CDs od RH9.0 , replace the rpm of kernel 2.4.20-8 with
2.4.24 , re-create the CDs ?
If so , then what steps are to be taken to build the RPM from the kernel
source ?
To rebuild a kernel RPM from the kernel source you will have to do the
following:
1. Install kernel-2.xxx.src.rpm
2. cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
3. rpmbuild -ba kernel-2.xxx.spec
This will give you several different types of kernel RPMS in your
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/ix86 directory
Once you have the new kernel RPM built - you need to replace the old
kernel RPM on the cd with your new one. As you said, you will need to
dump the cds, replace the rpm - don't forget to run 'genhdlist' to
regenerate the rpm headers - and then recreate your cds.
HTH
pantz
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