--- Temlakos <temlakos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rick Stevens 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? > > I can't speak for Antonio; maybe he has plunged into > Fedora and hasn't > mastered the rpm and yum commands. (/I/ still have > trouble with them, > sometimes.) But I have heard that compiling from > source gives you an > application, or a kernel, optimized for your machine > in a way no binary > can match. Is that true? If it is, then those > instructions will prove > very valuable. I agree with that part(But I have heard that compiling from > source gives you an > application, or a kernel, optimized for your machine > in a way no binary > can match.). I have Mplayer-1.0pre7 installed via by compiling and xine with rpm. I do know how to work out dependencies and I can resolve most of the problems but they say that a compiled kernel will work better than the stock kernel provided by Fedora on our machines. I also want to learn more about linux and compiling the kernel. > > Then, too, there's the matter of wanting to load > into the kernel certain > non-standard modules, and even to run the kernel in > four-stack mode for > some purposes. (NDISwrapper springs to mind.) I'd > like a quick how-to on > that alone, or at least a link to some clear > instructions. > > Temlakos > > -- > 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
