I would like to strongly advocate dispensing with doing an rpm install of kernels and, instead, download the buildkernel rpm and use that. It is a wonderful app that makes building your own kernel painless and simple. You run "buildkernel --help" to get a list of all the options (I usually use "buildkernel --BKBUILDTYPE=bzImage --HOSTTYPE=i386" and sometimes, I even indicate the kernel with --BKKERNELTOBUILD=2.2.17). It takes it from there. First, it looks at your system, checks to make sure you have enough harddrive space available, removes any pre-existing kernel source (not the tarball), automatically connects and downloads the latest kernel or the specific version you specify (see above with --BKKERNELTOBUILD). It downloads the kernel, with hashmarks to indicate progress. It then decompresses it and starts xconfig (or you can specify another config type). You then just go down the nice list of options and modules you want in your kernel. When done, select "save and exit" and that is that. The kernel and all the proper modules are compiled and installed. A proper entry is made to your lilo.conf, and all the appropriate files and symlinks are produced in your boot directory. Once done, run lilo to install the new conf, reboot to try your new kernel. Simple, and the kernel is customized to YOUR specifications for YOUR system. Real nice. I have been doing it this way since RedHat 5.0. It is the only way to go. praedor
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