This may be covered in a FAQ, README or DOC somewhere, but I've not been able to find it... If FC3T3rc5 was not intended to contain the necessary data to reconstruct the source tree, then i apologize in advance... I disagree with moving the kernel-source RPM from the install disks to the SRPMS anyway, but kernel-2.6.9-1.649.src.rpm does not appear to contain data necessary to reconstruct the kernel source tree as shipped in the FC3T3rc5 - its not even close. - This SRPM contains many patch files, but none of them result in a 2.6.9-1.649 kernel source tree. - There is no README. - There are two different 'final' tar.bz2 patch sets- which is real? - Some of the patches appear to be against very old versions of the kernel, not against 2.6.9 . - this RPM contains the original 2.6.9 tarfile as found on kernel.org. - applying the 'final' patches against the 2.6.9 source tree results in several warnings and 'reversed' patches. - I would suggest providing a script to install/patch the kernel. There needs to be an easy-to install kernel-source RPM (like there used to be under RHL) for newbies, i.e., one that installs an exact image of the kernel sources in /usr/src/linux-x.y.z-n.mmm without requiring the user to guess which patches to install, or even how to apply these patches, otherwise the same 'how do I reconstruct the kernel sources' questions will appear over and over and over.... Aside from this, FC3T3c5 looks pretty good. ron