On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 16:45 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Rohan Kulkarni wrote: > > > How do I update to the latest kernel version and then build it > > without using YUM?I have the 2.6.21.1 kernel and want to > > upgrade to 2.6.21.5. > > Do you mean you want to compile it? > You can get any vanilla version from www.kernel.org . > You have to say something like "make xconfig" > and then specify your configuration choices - > or get the choices in one of the distribution kernels. > Then you say "make". I know how to do this, have been doing for a long time. But: After de "make bzImage" and "make modules" how to generate the .RPMs to install the new kernel ? I also know how to doing manually... but it seems to be more correct stay using the RPM to manage a system that is based on this package manager. > Either way it is very time-consuming. > > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland >
