> > Hi... > > > Hi > > > Thanks for the reply. Another basic question from this > newbie, if you > > don't mind. Do i need to get the whole new kernel (2.4.18) or > > i just need to download a patch / upgrade ? I currently do > not have access > > to the internet through my laptop (where my linux is) and > thus downloading > > the whole kernel (which is 20++MB) could be daunting. I > found a patch > > though which can fit into a diskette at www.kernel.org. > > > > The question is: > > can i just download the patch from www.kernel.org? It says > "latest stable > > version of the Linux kernel"... but i'm not sure whether it > is applicable > > on my current linux kernel (again, it is 2.4.7-10). > > > Since you can't download the whole kernel, you should > upgrade your kernel > this way: > > Install RedHat source kernel rpm: > rpm -ihv kernel-2.4.7-10.src.rpm > > > > Extract kernel source: > cd /usr/src > tar jxvf /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/linux-2.4.7.tar.bz2 > > Upgrade kernel: > cd linux > gzip -dc patch-2.4.18.gz | patch -p1 > (it's normal if some files has it's patch > reject due it has *been* patched) > > Patch with bridge-nf-0.0.6-against-2.4.18.diff: > patch -p1 < bridge-nf-0.0.6-against-2.4.18.diff > > Voil�! :-) It's done. Now compile your kernel normally. > Do not forget to > choose "Prompt for development code", "Firewalling SupporT", "Bridge" > and "Netfilter support for bridging" (or some thing like > this, I do not > remember exactly now). > > Hope could help. > bests regards >
I'm not so sure that you can use the kernel patches this way - normally, the kernel patch files, for example patch-2.4.18.tar.bz2 will upgrade a 2.4.17 source tree to 2.4.18. This means that you'll need to get patch-2.4.8.bz2, patch-2.4.9.bz2, patch-2.4.10.bz2, ... , patch-2.4.18.bz2, and apply all of these patches in order. Most of these patches are small enough to fit on a floppy, but there are a couple that way in at around 2Mb. Gareth _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
