On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Statux wrote:
> www.kernel.org (the official kernel archives site) is where the kernel
> archives are located.
>
> Now.. Keep in mind that the last time I offered this info (last night) I
> got blasted for it.
>
> So, no, the kernel source isn't packaged only in RPM format... you just
> have to look for it outside of RedHat's archives :)
>
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Stephen King wrote:
>
> > OK, this is a stupid question but I got to ask. Is the kernel source only
> > packaged in the RPM's? I read the How-to configure the kernel and it keeps
> > telling me to go find the linux-x.y.z.tar.gz file but I can't find it
> > anywhere on the disk or on the ftp site. I can only find the
> > kernel-source.2.2.14-5.0.i386.rpm and or also the
> > kernel.2.2.14-5.0.i386.rpm. So what is the difference? Or is there a web
> > site that explains it better on how to configure the kernel. HOW TO is kind
> > of vague and seems like they assume you know most of the stuff already. Any
> > help would be greatly appreciated.
Statux is correct that that kernel tarballs can always be found at
kernel.org.
The kernel-source package installs the kernel source into /usr/src/linux
for you. kernel-2.2.15-5.0.i386.rpm is the binary-only kernel and modules.
I'd recommend that you also look at the kernel SRPM that comes from
RedHat. It includes the tarball, as well as a number of patches that
RedHat applies, and also has all of RedHat's configuration parameters for
the binary kernels they distribute.
A good number of kernel options can be modified without recompiling your
kernel using the /proc filesystem and/or the sysctl interfaces.
thornton
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