Kernel source missing??

iansoundz · 12-04-2005, 07:18 PM

Can someone point me in the right direction as to how go about finding the kernel source file. In RedHat and many other Distros, the kernel source file was in /usr/src. Evidentally, the folks at CentOS changed that tradition, and now I have no idea where they put it. I am using CentOS 4.1 kernel version 2.6.9-11.EL. Anybody have any ideas where it might be?

btmiller · 12-04-2005, 11:09 PM

I don't think it's installed by default (at least it isn't on any of my distros). This thread on the CentOS forums describes how to install it.

ViewTopia · 12-04-2005, 11:26 PM

right, you need to install the kernel source packages.

yum -i kernel-source
yum -i kernel-smp-source (if your using more then one cpu)
yum -i kernel-headers

I don't recall if that was the right syntax. I switch between redhat and centos at work, so I end up using yum and up2date. none the less "man yum". Look for the option to show all available packages |grep kernel.

but, yeah the will end up in /usr/src