*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/27/2003 at 12:07 PM Jeremy Portzer wrote: >On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 11:27, shane c branch wrote: >> I don't have much experience with source rpms, or rpms in general. I >downloaded >> the src rpm package for the kernel but I can't seem to figure out how to >work >> with it. The Red Hat site mentioned using rpm -ivh <filename> but using >this >> command reports an error: can't create /usr/src/.... path. I then copied >the >> file to /usr/src and tried agian, but no luck. >> >> I have always compiled kernels from a source tarball, but I wanted to >try this >> thinking it might be easier for a friend of mine to work with. Any help >is >> appreciated. > >If you want to compile the kernel, don't use the source RPM (SRPM or >src.rpm), but instead use the 'kernel-source' binary RPM. > >Please see the very good documentation on that here: >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-custom-ke rnel.html > >But why do you want to rebuild a kernel? That is not usually the >correct answer to your problem. The Red Hat kernels are quite good. > >--Jeremy > >-- >/=====================================================================\ >| Jeremy Portzer jeremyp@xxxxxxxxx trilug.org/~jeremy | >| GPG Fingerprint: 712D 77C7 AB2D 2130 989F E135 6F9F F7BC CC1A 7B92 | >\=====================================================================/ > > >-- >Shrike-list mailing list >Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list Thanks, I'll check that out. Personally, I usually update to whatever the latest stable version is by getting the tarball from kernel.org. I have never used the kernel rpms. My friend was doing a test on a particular NIC that was supposed to have support in the 2.4.20-18 kernel. He already confirmed in another test that the driver worked, by adding it manually. This test was to confirm the new kernel contained the driver, but he had never upgraded a kernel before by any method. regards, shane
