If you installed the kernel from the RPM, you do not need to recompile it (unless you need to tweak it for some reason). Read
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/kernel.html Then use the command /sbin/mkbootdisk <kernelversion>, where <kernelversion> is the version of the new kernel you just installed, to make a boot disk. If you want to recompile your kernel yourself, you need to install the kernel-source package that contains the kernel source code. Hope this helps, Tammy On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 01:33:45PM -0600, Chris Montgomery wrote: > Linux Newbie Help Needed for kernel upgrade: > > I used the Gnome RPM package manager to download and install two new > packages > yesterday. One of those packages was an updated kernel, 2.4.9 (I currently > have > 2.4.2-2 installed on my RH 7.1 system). > > It appears that the new kernel package was installed but I need help with > the > actual upgrade/compiling of it. I have read over the "Linux Kernel HOWTO" > and > the "Upgrading the Linux Kernel on Red Hat Linux systems" FAQ, but these are > confusing since I am not using LILO (I'm still using a floppy to boot and > plan > on installing grub after upgrading the kernel). > > Please point me in the right direction. Thanks. > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
