I am running mandrake 9.0 and i need help installing kernel source.
Can some one tell me how step by step ?
thanks.

start a terminal, type su, press enter, enter your root pass, press
enter, type 'urpmi kernel-source', press enter. wait. done.

[root@localhost temp]# urpmi kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk.i586.rpm

To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (147 MB):


kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk.i586

libncurses5-devel-5.2-27mdk.i586
Is this OK?
(Y/n) Y
Please insert the medium named "Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2)" on device [/dev/hdc]
Press

Enter when ready...
installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libncurses5-devel-5.2-27mdk.i586.rpm
./kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk.i586.rpm

Installation failed:


libncurses5 == 5.2 is needed by libncurses5-devel-5.2-27mdk

glibc-devel is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

make is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

gcc is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

/bin/sh is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

/bin/sh is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

ld-linux.so.2 is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

libc.so.6 is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

libm.so.6 is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk

What is this all about ?!?!
Also how do u check the current version of the kernel ???

you will usually see the version of your kernel during startup or text login. if not you can use the following command :
uname -r