Hello

Just installed Mandrake 10.0 Community again, and I need to mess around with the kernel to get my USB modem going (tried a bunch of other stuff without the kernel messing but it didn't work, so thought I'd try the kernel thing ). I installed the source during the install. The problem is that mdk installed the 2.6.3 source and I am using the 2.4.25 kernel (I got an "error" during install saying that the compatibility of LSB with the 2.6 kernel was a bit iffy so mdk was going to install the 2.4 kernel). So I downloaded the 2.4.25-2mdk source (since it wasn't on the CD), but now when I try to install it via
I get a "a newer package is already installed" so I cannot install the source for the kernel I am using...

How do I go about this? Delete the "linux link" in /usr/src and then rpm the source and add a new link? Do I just uninstall the 2.6 source? Do I just ignore the fact that 2.4.25 is running good and I compile the 2.6 kernel for my USB modem? Or do I do something else?

Thanks for reading and any suggestions you might have!

Well linux IS ALL about choice right.......so when I'm
testing kernels, I don't install the kernel by using the
package tool.........I just untar the source code and
manually move the directories to where they belong......
IE---------kernel directory goes to /usr/src/
and change the symlink to point to the different $version
the same goes for the modules directory........
move it to /lib/modules/<version>
and inside the /modules/<version> is symlink called $BUILD which
points to the kernel<version>

just do everything manually and don't use mandrake's package
install tool...........

OK, that's sound advice.
But what do you do when all you can find is the rpm file?
Is there a way to convert it to tar.gz?
Or do I just use the 2.4.25 kernel instead of the 2.4.25-2mdk? Are these things that the mandrake people have put in really important?
So many questions and so little knowledge from my part.....