Matt H. became daring and sent these 0.9K bytes, > Hi > I built a custom kernel from the 2166 sources -- 2.4.22-1.2166.nptlcustom. > However, it's time to delete that as newer updates are available. So, > would deleting all entries in /boot/, /lib/modules/, and the grub.conf > entry relating to 2166.nptlcustom be all that's necessary? delete the kernel from /boot/ delete the kernel modules directory from /lib/modules/ and erase the entry in /etc/grub.conf Just as you said. I would warn you to do this only after you are running an older kernel or a newer one. So your methodology is correct. > Related to this is the question: How can I custom build a kernel, based > off the latest available, say 2174, as an rpm so that it can be easily > uninstalled or updated via up2date? Rather than going through the make > xconfig ; make dep ; .. etc. process. Not sure about that but i would peek at the RPM HOWTO and see about building a custom spec file and building the src.rpm from that. (May or may not be the best way but hopefully a nudge in the right general direction) :) If you figure this out post your results and how you accomplished this to the list, i would like to see how this is best done and i am sure there are more then a few people that would benefit as well. TIA :) > The other query I have is looking in /lib/modules and /usr/src, there's > still directories for 2.4.22-1.2149, even though I've updated to later > releases. Is it fine just to delete these 2149 entries? Yes, when you install a new kernel your old ones are not deleted. The new one is simply installed parallel to your old ones. I do not think you would want to simply upgrade your kernel because if there was some problem you would be gifted with the job of recovering your system which can turn pretty ugly seeing as how there is no good kernel to boot. -- /\o Aaron M Matteson - http://cryptosystem.us /\/ GnuPG key fingerprint is in the header /\ Real programmers don't document. If it was hard to write, / \ it should be hard to understand! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /~\ The ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML Email! \ / X All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander / \ are lost --jrr tolkien
