installing kernel.2.6.9-42.ELsmp on RHEL 4 64Bit

[Rick Stevens]

On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 14:53 +0000, Sujitkumar Shirkar wrote:
> Hello All
> 
> we are installing Mellox Infiniband (IB) card in our new Linux server 
> running with RHEL4 64 bit OS with kernel 2.6.9-33ELsmp
> 
> the new IB card requries new kernel 2.6.9-42.ELsmp,  any link from where i 
> can download it
> 
> Well i managed to download kernel-2.6.9-42.EL.src.rpm from web, i used 
> following commands to update my kernel but it not showing me at boot prompt
> 
> 
> can you guys advise me on how to update kernel to install IB card in it
> 
> i did following commands
> 
> # rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-42.EL.src.rpm
> 
> # rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec
> 
> # cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9/
> 
> # make menuconfig
> 
> # enabled IB support and saved the config
> 
> # make

Try "make;make modules;make moduleinstall;make install"

> 
> # reboot
> 
> after reboot i was not able to see updated kernel in my boot prompt any 
> help? where i am making mistake?
> 
> Please send me step by step kernel update procedure in this case.
> 
> Waiting for your reply
> 
> Sujitkumar Shirkar
> Muumbai - India
> 
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