On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 18:28 -0500, lnthai2002 at aim.com wrote: > this is not quite correct; rather that messing with the kernel SRPM, > you should also be able to pull down the kernel-source RPM: > yum -y install kernel-source That was dropped _after_ Fedora Core 1 and, subsequently, RHEL 3 -- i.e., it essentially died with kernel 2.4. I explain this and others in my blog entry here: http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2005/10/kernel-26-on-fedora-based-systems.html Yes is it winded, but I wrote it for a reason. It explains almost everything you might want to know, as well as "proper" kernel building which is how Red Hat has been building its own kernels since Red Hat Linux 6 (yes, that long), that is now their recommended as of Fedora Core 2 and, subsequently, RHEL 4. > this will create /usr/src/linux-<kernel version>, which contains the > kernel source. Building the kernel in the system's root has been deprecated ever since the header issues of Red Hat Linux 7 -- especially once "make mrproper" was introduced. "make mrproper" cleans out files -- and that means its better to have it wipe out a /usr/include directory located inside of the RPM build process chroot than on the actual root of your system. > this doc is old, but you may be able to compile a custom kernel using > a similar procedure: > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/s1-cus > tom-kernel-modularized.html Again, those procedures are now _useless_ for the most part. Although Red Hat did include a "kernel-sourcecode-*.i386.rpm" for Fedora Core 2 for some time, the _default_ in the kernel-2.6.SPEC file since mid-FC2 is now to _not_ produce that .i386.rpm. anymore. That includes for RHEL 4. > but i'd add my voice to those recommending that you NOT compile you > own kernel, and instead use the centosplus kernel, especially if it > contains the module(s) you need. Rebuilding a kernel is _not_ that much of an issue *IF* you use the same system that Red Hat has been using since Red Hat Linux 6 -- the same system forced upon you with FC 2/RHEL 4. Ideally this should still be in the chroot itself, and _not_ by merely symlinking from /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel/linux-* to /usr/src/linux-*. -- Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------ Some things (or athletes) money can't buy. For everything else there's "ManningCard."