On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:40:34 -0800, Aaron Matteson wrote: >> 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 :) Ok, will do . :-) > >> 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. Actually, what I should have mentioned here is that I have indeed rpm -e'd the old 2149 kernel (after making sure the newer one boots!), but noticed the directories I listed above as still being there. And yes, I always rpm -i the new kernels, not rpm -U. :^) Thanks for the input. -- Matt
