kernel install
 

hiya im a newbie and i have madrake 10.0 community edition..
it should have kernel 2.6.3 but when u type uname -r it comes up that it is
2.4.25 basically i need 2.6.3 for linuxant to run and enable me to use my wireless card
i have dowloaded kernel 2.6.3 from the internet however i do not understand the install instructions, i would be grateful if someone to could tell me what do in simple terms?
many thanks fitzy..
ps linux is great

The install instructions are pretty simple. You may want to look at this guide for a more explanatory version:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Compiling_a_Kernel

copy your /usr/src/linx-2.4.25/.config to your new /usr/src/linux-2.6.3/ directory. change directory to /usr/src/linux-2.6.3/ and run "make menuconfig", look around, see if there's anything obviously wrong, then exit, "save" the kernel config, then run "make && make modules install". Then, with your boot partition mounted (if it doesn't mount by default), run "make install", make sure it installed to your /boot partition and to your grub/lilo.conf and reboot. If it didn't work, boot into your old kernel and try again.

Good luck.

Dave

hm
 

ok usr/src has a 2.6.3 file in it....but when u run uname -r it still says its 2.4.25 i installed the kernal source code using rpm drake..and it all looked dandy but it appears not 2 have changed...is there something i need 2 run? i have the full kernal jobby in a tar from kernal.org but i am not proffiecient enough to go about installing it!..do i just need 2 reboot?
thanks fitzy