I tried and I tried and I tried to compile 2.6.1. I have compiled kernels before, and most of the time I manage to get it right.

Now, I am geting module errors, weird errors, sometimes my box even segfaults while compiling.

I know that this is asking a lot, but if anyone feels kind (and has a lot of time on his/her hands), I would be eternally grateful for a step by step, RH9 specific tutorial on how to handle this beast.

Here's hoping someone will do it,

Cheers,

Vlad.

Ok, I understand that I was asking too much...Can someone at least tell me (honestly) that they managed to get 2.6.1 to work on RH 9, just so that I know that I am not trying in vain.

And by working I mean everything, USB, sound, everything.

Geez, feel like I'm talking to myself here.

Anyway, I managed to find some links that sort of help, I'm getting closer ... For anyone that's interested:

http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/799

http://www.fearthecow.net/index.pl?s...st&page=kernel

Cheers,

Vlad.

Im in the same boat as you, ive tried 3 times now and not a single success story. Any 2.6 guide on RH9 would be good.

I believe i have found a quick and rather easy way to install kernel 2.6.1 on RH9, that is if you don't mind using rpm's.

These are the unoffical Redhat 9 Kernel 2.6.1 rpm's
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/RPMS.kernel/

If you read the readme file it says only use rpm -i unless you are install the helper files. So download all the of the rpm's and install them in order. You should be able to figure out what goes when. So i know this is short, but i'm still trying to figure it all out myself so if anyone has any pointers please feel free to include them.

The only problem i have had with this method is with the device-mapper, after installing the new kernel it had problems finding the path to it. I may have done something wrong, but I'm working on it.

Good luck.

BTW it seems that 2.6 is much much faster than 2.4, also note that this was done on a fresh install w/ updates of RH9 i do not know what kind of issues you will run into on non-fresh installs.

make mrproper
make menuconfig #( *or* make xconfig *or* make gconfig) and make sure you save the config file to .config in the base folder of the kernel sorce
make
make modules_install install


#make a_lot_of_frustration_over_bad_configurations

versaulis that will not work on a distro which originally shipped with 2.4.x (which is most). One of the main differences are the modutils, thus compilation done as above will result in errors during boot.

Well, Vlady, I did exactly that on Fedora Core 1, which is a 2.4.x distro and it worked fine once I configured it correctly. The only reason it didn't at first was because I kept the evil 1394 firewire drivers and I didn't include some of the other device drivers, because I didn't know which ones were the right ones. Now that I got all that figured out, it all works fine.

Just avoid all the experimental, development, debugging, etc features and make sure you disable 1394 firewire and you should be fine.

...oh yeah, and I do NOT recommend using "make oldconfig" with the 2.6 kernel. Get yourself a stable version of 2.6 and make sure you know your hardware. Type in your computer model followed by linux in a search for some help. I searched for my laptop on Yahoo! with

presario 2500 linux

and I got all the info I needed.

Vlady??? Only chicks call me that, so unless you are one please refrain....It just sounds too gay otherwise...

Anyway, I did try that, like I said all the modules were broken, maybe FC1 shipped with the new modutils, now that I think about it I seem to remember reading about how it will be 2.6 ready upon release. That's probably it.

However I am in the process of scrapping redhat and moving all my machines (all 3 of them) to libranet, which I will then turn into debian testing machines via apt, so that should take care of it.

Hmmmm... I haven't had any probs running 2.6.3 on Redhat 9..... I always do a

make menuconfig
make bzImage modules modules_install

Not sure what to tell ya... Must be your .config file.... I have mine completely stripped down and customized for my machine... I use the same config file on all 4 distros.... Arch is the only one I have to modify (devfs)..... Try, try, try again.... Thats what they say anyway......

Oh wait... I'm running 2.4.25 on Redhat 9... Hmmm. O.k... I'm going to put 2.6.3 on tonite and we'll see whats up.... I'm only running that on Slack right now. Sorry... Makes this post pretty much moot, huh?

jong357, what was the story with the upgrade to 2.6.3? success....or did it fail?