if you recompile the kernel you will lost Red Hat licence , but you can update it from RHN via your account. Double check with Red Hat support for this item before you do it. On 12/22/06, Gaddis, Jeremy L. <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 12/22/06, Mad Unix <madunix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i am using Redhat Linux RHEL 4, do i need to recompile my kernel > [master@intra ~]$ uname -a > Linux intra 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:30:39 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 > GNU/Linux Do you need to? Probably not, unless it's missing a feature that you need or you want to squeeze every little bit of performance out of it that you can. You probably want to at least update it, however. Note that up2date will not update your kernel by default (see "pkgSkipList=" option in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date). -j -- Jeremy L. Gaddis, MCP, GCWN http://www.linuxwiz.net/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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