upgrading kernal to 2.6 for RH9?

Lleb_KCir · 07-23-2004, 09:19 PM

is it possible to upgrade the curretn 2.4.xxx kernal that i have with RH9 to the most current vs of the kernal that is out pulic.

no i have not looked to deeply into this, but just enough to ask if there is a way to do it in RH without a rpm? i know how to do it with the .rpm can i still do it straight from source, or what ever format is available in RH9?

thank you.

Lleb_KCir · 07-25-2004, 12:11 AM

wow almost 30 views, yet no answsers? is it that hard of a question?

acid_kewpie · 07-25-2004, 08:50 AM

yep, totally possible. just make sure you don't remove the old one before knowing the new one works fine. plenty of rpm's here.... http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/RPMS.kernel/ but if you do want to use soure, then it's jsut the same as any other distro, so grab source from kernel.org and make sure you have module-init-tools installed.

and that's kernel with a E of course... not kernal.

Lleb_KCir · 07-25-2004, 01:43 PM

*grins* at helping me with my spelling. as always something to be desired...

ok great thanks. i was not sure i could continue to upgrade the kernEl after a distro had ended its support life from the creating organization.

still a mega newbie when it comes to things like this.

acid_kewpie · 07-25-2004, 01:59 PM

Oh yeah, no problem, it's still just linux...

Lleb_KCir · 07-25-2004, 05:36 PM

coming from da windoz world, that is just so nice to know i can continue with what is perceived as an out dated OS, and still have support for it.