EL4 ES kernel recompile

[Saripalli, Venkata Ramanamurthy (STSD)]

The RHEL 4 Distribution does not install sources under
/usr/src/linux-2.6.
We need to build the source rpm to get the sources.

Install kernel-<version>.src.rpm (given the default RPM configuration,
the files this package contains will be written to /usr/src/redhat/)

Change directory to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/, and issue the 
following command:

rpmbuild -bp --target=<arch> kernel.spec 
(Where <arch> is the desired target architecture.) 
On a default RPM configuration, the kernel tree will be located 

in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/. 

In resulting tree, the configurations for the specific kernels shipped
in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.95 are in the /configs/ directory. For
example, the i686 SMP configuration file is named
/configs/kernel-<version>-i686-smp.config. Issue the following 
command to place the desired configuration file in the proper place for
building: 
cp <desired-file> ./.config 

Issue the following command:
make oldconfig

thanks,
murthy.

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Dave Francis
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:08 AM
To: redhat-list at redhat.com
Subject: EL4 ES kernel recompile

Hi Guys
 
Im trying to recompile the kernel in EL4 ES in order to get the clock
running correctly under VMware ESX. 
 
As Redhat dont provide much info on the process for this under EL4, ive
kinda worked blind up to here, and now Im stuck. 
Fresh build.
First, ive updated (up2date).  (inc Kernel).
Next I installed the kernel source through up2date. 
Then I tried a make mrproper, and thats where Im stuck.
 
************************************
 

[root at albns001 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL-i686]# make mrproper
grep: /usr/include/bits/stat.h: No such file or directory
scripts/Makefile.clean:10: Documentation/DocBook/Makefile: No such file
or
directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `Documentation/DocBook/Makefile'.
Stop.
make: *** [_mrproper_Documentation/DocBook] Error 2

[root at albns001 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL-i686]# pwd
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.9-5.0.5.EL-i686

[root at albns001 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL-i686]# uname -a
Linux albns001.nzaa.co.nz 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL #1 Fri Apr 8 14:21:35 EDT 2005
i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux


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Has anybody got any ideas about what Im doing wrong?
 
All help appreciated.
Cheers
Dave
 
 

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