On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Gilbert Sebenste wrote: > > > On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > not really. why not just download the source straight from > > > kernel.org, configure, build and install? seems to work fine for me. > > > > I've never tried it before, and I'm afraid of hosing something big > > time. I wouldn't even fathom on where to begin. Besides downloading > > it. :-) Besides, isn't Fedora's kernels tailored specifically to > > Fedora, so some things might stop working? > > 1) download and untar source tree into personal (non-root) home > directory > 2) copy a recent FC config file from /boot into the top level of that > source tree with the name ".config" > 2a) [optional] "make menuconfig" to tweak config if you want > > (remaining steps to be done all from top level of kernel source tree) > > 3) $ yes '' | make oldconfig crap. you really should run step 3) to bring that older .config file into line with the new tree, *then* run "make menuconfig" to add any additional tweaking. sorry. rday -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list