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Old 04-11-2002, 08:18 PM   #1
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Uprgrading to kernel-2.4.9-31.athlon.rpm , how?


Currently, my kernel rev. is 2.4.9-31, but I'm using an athlon sysem , so I want an optimized athlon kernel (2.4.9-31.athlon).
The problem is, I have no ideal how to accomplishe this. I have all the errata updates installed so i'm good to go. Do I have to "rpm -Uvh *athlon*.rpm" and thats it, or is that the bad way of updating the kernel?

Can someone please guide me throught this?
I really dont want to reformat.
 
Old 04-11-2002, 09:44 PM   #2
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hello,
i would (and do) compile my own kernel. it is much easier than it sounds - also you can get a much new kernel (2.4.18 is the latest released). there are great docs at www.linuxdoc.org and here is one
 
Old 04-12-2002, 06:24 AM   #3
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I have had nothing but trouble from kernel RPM files. Use the source.

Download your kernel from www.kernel.org, and do the following:

For .tar.gz files:
cd /usr/src
tar -zxpvf /wherever/you/downloaded/it/linux-2.4.18.tar.gz
mv linux linux-2.4.18
ln -s linux-2.4.18 linux
cd linux
make xconfig
cp .config KERNEL-CONFIG-FILE-TO-KEEP
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install


For .tar.bz2 files, the only thing that changes is:
tar -jxpvf /wherever/you/downloaded/it/linux-2.4.18.tar.bz2

Basically, this is a quick revision of The Kernel HOWTO, which I would seriously suggest you read thoroughly.
 
Old 04-12-2002, 01:32 PM   #4
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Alright, I think that would be a better ideal, I 'm just going to get the latest kernel and see how that goes.

Thanks guys for the help.
 
  


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