--- Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- 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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Thanks to Rick, Temlakos, Kam and Robert for their kind help, I am now running 2.6.11.7. I never thought I could do it. Thanks for helping out. [student@rio ~]$ uname -r 2.6.11.7 [student@rio ~]$ Antonio __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
