On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 16:49, Jeremy Portzer wrote: > You may want to read one of > the many HOWTOs or help sites on building RPMs first, as you really > should understand the basics before delving into the kernel specfile. Hmmm. I can agree with the philosophy of this, but balancing that is the need to get something working to learn with. I like the thought of doing things the "proper" way - practice makes permanent. But how much am I biting off here? Is this something I can understand and make work properly in a day? Half a day? (Seriously, if you have an opinion it would help me decide what to tackle first.) I'm rebuilding the kernel now so I can get my parallel port working with my VMware Express (v2.04), and get my Ultracam working, and a few things like that. I could just do "make install" and (I would expect 8-) ) the custom kernel would be in place for use. Is it much more to do it "the .rpm way"? Thanks for your experience. On Debian, there is a tool that allows building and installing a new kernel that fits into the upgrade scheme as easily as the "make install" approach, and I was hoping this was the equivalent for Red Hat. Bret
