I tried to follow the work flow shown in https://wiki.centos.org/Sources, but it does not seem to work: I did this: mkdir CentOS pushd CentOS git clone https://git.centos.org/git/centos-git-common.git git clone https://git.centos.org/git/rpms/kernel.git pushd kernel/ git checkout c6 ../centos-git-common/get_sources.sh And I got the message: Missing metadata. Please run from inside a sources git repo What am I missing? -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services