On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 13:29 +0530, Kuldeep Prakash wrote: > Hello Paul , > thanx for the suggestion , I tried it and got stuck at the next step :( > there is a file in one of the cd , the file name is > kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm , I assume its the kernel source code. > I tried to extract the source code by following command > rpm -ihv ../SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm > I got the following output > warning :../SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm: V3 DSA singature : NOKEY > , Key id 4f2a6fd2 You can get rid of this warning message using: # rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-*/RPM-GPG-KEY* > 1. Kernel ############################################## [100 %] > > > Then I tried the following command > rpm -K --nosignature --nodigest ../SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm > > I got the following output > ../SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9_1.667.src.rpm : ok > > but I didnt see any extracted source code file anywhere. What is it > that I am doing wrong ??? > > Also can I extract the kernel source in any directory , or I have to > do it in /usr/src only. > I am trying to learn how to compile a linux kernel. OK, you're using the .src.rpm (good). This does not extract the source into /usr/src, but that's not a problem - it doesn't need to be there. Just follow the "FC3 method" for building a kernel: > > On FC3, see: > > http://crab-lab.zool.ohiou.edu/kevin/kernel-compilation-tutorial-en/ This will result in a customised kernel rpm that you can install and uninstall easily on as many machines as you like - very convenient. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
