Proper way to install new kernel 2.6.11.7 into Fedora Core 3

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at mindspring.com
Thu Apr 21 00:14:46 UTC 2005


On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Temlakos wrote:

> Rick Stevens wrote:
> > Antonio Olivares wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >    I was afraid to update to a newer kernel with all
> > > the messages that the system won't boot but I am
> > > taking a risk.  I have downloaded 2.6.11.7.tar.bz2 and
> > > extracted it.  I read the README and have done the
> > > following:
> > > make mrproper
> > > make xconfig
> > > make dep
> > > make clean
> > > make bzImage
> > >
> > > What else do i need to do?  I am still running
> > > 2.6.9-1.667.  I need to manually edit /boot/grub.conf
> > > to put the new kernel. What advice can you give me?
> > >
> > > Do I need to do a modules install? or something like
> > > that.
> > >
> > > I appreciate all the help that you can provide.
> >
> >
> > You don't need the "make dep" or "make clean" steps with 2.6 kernels.
> > Simply:
> >
> >     make mproper
             ^^^^^^^ "mrproper" (as above)

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rday




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