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Old 10-16-2004, 04:39 AM   #1
kthkevin
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about new kernal


HI all:
I am a newbie to linux, I use fedora2 2.5.6, now I have download a new kernal 2.6.8,
but How I can compile and install this kernal step by step? or can you give a simple
step by step tutorial about it.

thanks!
 
Old 10-16-2004, 04:50 AM   #2
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Follow the instructions on the site, is it a rpm just use the rpm install command(sorry dont know wot it is ive always used soruce).
 
Old 10-16-2004, 05:40 AM   #3
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you mean there is rpm kernel availabe? then i just need rpm -ivh XXX.rpm and will be ok?
any configurations needed?
 
  


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