[solved] installing fc4 kernel (new to fc but not linux)

[Kam Leo]

On 6/16/05, Gezim Hoxha <gezimetc at telus.net> wrote:
> Thanks for your help everyone.
> I learned that with .rpm files you have to have give a path. So in order
> to install kernel-dev I need to mount FC4 CD4 and then copy the kernel
> file to the current directory, then install:
> rpm -Uvh kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.i686.rpm
> Now all I have to do is take care of some dependencies.
> 
> Thanks again everyone,
> -Gezim
> 

Copying the file was not necessary. You just needed to mount the CD
and provide the full path to rpm, e.g.

# mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
# rpm -Uvh /media/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS/kernel-devel-2.6.11.1369_FC4.i686.rpm