corupted kernel

[Tom Diehl]

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, sly wrote:

> Tom Diehl wrote:
> > 
> >>cd /usr/src/linux*
> >>make menuconfig
> >>make bzImage
> >>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-*
> > 
> > 
> > Why did you do this part? It should not be necessary. Just install the
> 
> cuz 1st time i did only the first half and i didn't get anything! so i 
> tried this too!
> 
> > rpm. Just for giggles you might want to try:
> > rpm -V kernel-*.rpm
> 
> right here it froze!

Well actually the above command is wrong. :-(
Try rpm -V kernel
It _should_ not return anything. If it does then the package you installed
and what is on the disk are different. If your intent is to build a custom
kernel then none of this rpm stuff matters and you should ignore the rest of
this message. If your intent is to run the stock kernel then you should just
make sure that the running kernel and the installed kernel are the same and
error free.

rpm -qa kernel will tell you the installed kernel(s)
rpm -V kernel will tell you if there have been changes to any of the
installed kernel packages.

uname -r will tell you the running kernel. That should match the installed
kernel rpm you wish to run, Assuming of course that you did not intend to
build a custom one. Oh btw it is entirely possible to have more than 1
kernel installed.

HTH,

Tom