--- Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Antonio Olivares wrote: > > Dear all, > > I was afraid to update to a newer kernel with > all > > the messages that the system won't boot but I am > > taking a risk. I have downloaded 2.6.11.7.tar.bz2 > and > > extracted it. I read the README and have done the > > following: > > make mrproper > > make xconfig > > make dep > > make clean > > make bzImage > > > > What else do i need to do? I am still running > > 2.6.9-1.667. I need to manually edit > /boot/grub.conf > > to put the new kernel. > > > > What advice can you give me? > > > > Do I need to do a modules install? or something > like > > that. > > > > I appreciate all the help that you can provide. > > You don't need the "make dep" or "make clean" steps > with 2.6 kernels. > Simply: > > make mproper > make xconfig > make bzImage > make modules > make modules_install > make install > > That should do it all for you. Double check your > /boot/grub/grub.conf > file to verify that the new kernel got installed. > > Of course, why don't you just "yum update kernel" > and use the > precompiled binary 2.6.11 kernel for FC3 from the > official repositories? Because I want to learn about working with the kernel on my own and get more experience. I have been using linux for the past 3 years and have always used the default kernel and I want to take that step. Thank you for your kindness, Antonio P.S. I'll keep you posted on my progress. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer > rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - VitalStream, Inc. > http://www.vitalstream.com - > - > - > - I don't suffer from insanity...I enjoy every > minute of it! - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
