On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 09:32, Jan Wilson wrote: > OK, I've struggled with this for a couple of hours while trying to > coordinate the Linux Kernel howto, several READMEs, etc. I have > previously compiled kernels from the .src.rpm, and I remember it being > surprisingly easy, if you just want to compile all 5 or so sets of > kernel binaries. > > I downloaded kernel-2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm from sec.sup.org and > tried to install the source with rpm -ivh. It seems to dump several > files into /usr/src/RPMS/SOURCES: > > linux.2.4.20.tar.bz2 > linux.2.4.21-pre4q18.tar.bz2 > linux-mdkconfig.h > linux-merge-config.awk > linux-merge-modules.awk > patch-2.4.21-pre4.bz2 > README.kernel-sources > README.Mandrake > > None of this matches any of the howtos I have seen. Any suggestions? > Oh, I avoid urpmi like the plague ... it really is NOT good for an > expensive dial-up connection, which is why I wanted to download the > source RPM and build the various kernels.
rpm --rebuild kernel-2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm would be the easiest method... At the end it will tell you where it put all of the kernels (/usr/src/RPM/RPMS/[your archs] James > > Thanks.
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