On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, Andy Green wrote: > Rohan Kulkarni wrote: > > > Hello friends, > > How do I update to the latest kernel version and then build > > it without using YUM?I have the 2.6.21.1 <http://2.6.21.1> kernel and > > want to > > upgrade to 2.6.21.5 <http://2.6.21.5>. > > If you have a strong reason to want to have the latest kernel (like > stuff doesn't work on your machine you suspect might work on the latest > stuff), and you don't mind some risk (eg, you can be the very first > person to discover the latest kernel craps up your filesystem), you can > do this > > yum --enablerepo development update kernel > > Right this second that would get me 2.6.21-1.3244.fc8, you can leap even > further into the future by going here > > http://mirror.hiwaay.net/pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/os/Fedora/ > > where they have kernel-2.6.22-0.5.rc7.git2.fc8.i686.rpm > > Usually running development kernels on the current OS works out okay... > but in the past there have been filesystem-trashers... don't blame me if > it trashes your install. or you can just clone the main git repo and take it from there. frankly, that seems like the easiest solution, and it works fine for me. $ uname -r 2.6.22-rc7-nodbg rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ========================================================================
