On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 12:29:47PM -0400, Michael McLeod wrote:
> Brian,
> I studied the "kernel upgrade RPM", but as for me with many of the "HOW TO'S" I found
> it more confusing than enlightening! I have more questions:
> I did download and installed the file:
> kernel-2.2.17-1.i586.rpm
>
> Do I also need to download and install the following files:
First, find out which RPMS you currently have installed
(rpm -qa|grep kernel), then do an rpm -qi on each one to find out what
they're for.
> kernel-BOOT-2.2.17-1.i386.rpm
Description:
This package includes a trimmed down version of the Linux kernel.
This kernel is used on the installation boot disks only and should not
be used for an installed system, as many features in this kernel are
turned off because of the size constraints.
> kernel-doc-2.2.17-1.i386.rpm
Description:
This package contains documentation files form the kernel
source. Various bits of information about the Linux kernel and the
device drivers shipped with it are documented in these files.
You'll want to install this package if you need a reference to the
options that can be passed to Linux kernel modules at load time.
> kernel-ibcs-2.2.17-1.i386.rpm
Description:
The kernel-ibcs package allows you to run programs in the iBCS2 (Intel
Binary Compatibility Standard, version 2) and related executable
formats. iBCS is a standard for binary portability between UNIX and
UNIX-like systems.
> kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.17-1.i386.rpm
Description:
Many laptop machines (and some non-laptops) support PCMCIA cards for
expansion. Also known as "credit card adapters," PCMCIA cards are
small cards for everything from SCSI support to modems. PCMCIA cards
are hot swappable (i.e., they can be exchanged without rebooting the
system) and quite convenient to use. The kernel-pcmcia-cs package
contains a set of loadable kernel modules that implement an
applications program interface, a set of client drivers for specific
cards and a card manager daemon that can respond to card insertion and
removal events by loading and unloading drivers on demand. The daemon
also supports hot swapping, so that the cards can be safely inserted
and ejected at any time.
Install the kernel-pcmcia-cs package if your system uses PCMCIA
cards.
> kernel-smp-2.2.17-1.i586.rpm
Description:
This package includes a SMP version of the Linux kernel. It is
required only on machines with two or more CPUs, although it should
work fine on single-CPU boxes.
Install the kernel-smp package if your machine uses two or more CPUs.
> kernel-source-2.2.17-1.i386.rpm
Description:
The kernel-source package contains the source code files for the Linux
kernel. These source files are needed to build most C programs, since
they depend on the constants defined in the source code. The source
files can also be used to build a custom kernel that is better tuned
to your particular hardware, if you are so inclined (and you know what
you're doing).
> kernel-utils-2.2.17-1.i386.rpm
Description:
The kernel-utils package contains ksymoops, a utility that can be used
for decrypting the kernel's OOPS output.
So, in your case, you probably only want the kernel and header files and
maybe kernel-utils and kernel-doc if you feel the need.
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