Hello

I have read a dozen of how to's but they al say if you want to compile your kernel you go to /usr/src/ and there is the symlink linux .

Well i have installed RedHat 7.1 But no such file or directory

Can any body tell me how to compile kernel 2.4.12 on redhat 7.1 and please tell me what to do with the file modutils

I am a newby (8 months of linux ) so be gentle


Thanks ..

I don't think RH7.1 automatically installs the kernel sources, 7.0 certainly doesn't, I had to specifically install them. Do you have a usr/src/ and is there anything in it??

Jim

before any kind of kernel re-do, you should always check your packages to make sure you can do it. Otherwise, you may have to go out and find the CD you installed from. Or, if you're like me, and you borrowed the CD, then you'll have to find a copy of the RPMs online. They've got them stashed away somewhere, I dunno though. Just go out and download the newest kernel and use that instead.

I just want them to compile from source


linux-2.4.12.tar.gz and modutils-2.4.10.tar.bz2 are the files needed (As far as i know)

But in the dir /usr/src is only the dir redhat ???

Must be Redhat specific i guess

no... it's not redhat specific.

those should be the only files you'll need... i think. the only other package that comes to mind is the ppp - if you're upgrading from a 2.2 kernel, you'll probably need to update the ppp also. if you're upgrading from a lower 2.4, then it should be fine.

anyway, it sounds like you just didn't install the sources. not a problem. just untar the linux-2.4.12 into your /usr/src directory. this should give you a directory called /usr/src/linux-2.4.12 ...now make a symlink using:

ln -s linux-2.4.12 linux

this will create the symbolic /usr/src/linux directory, which will just point to the 2.4.12 sources. if you ever upgrade your kernel again, you don't need to get rid of the old sources, just change the symlink.

Ok i get the picture with linux 2.4.12.tar.gz



But what about the file modutils-2.4.10

And i guess it is not possible to do a make oldconfig?

Because i don't have the appropiate .confige file.


Thanks all for your time

Exuce my bad english




Red Hat 7.1
Kernel 2.4.2-2