How about modutils package. I think it needs new modutils and other
packages as said in changes/readme/install files. Other wise modules
some other packages like ppp may not work. Am I correct.
Ravi Kumar Tenneti wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> You can look at
> <http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/ldp/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html>
>
> or follow the steps with which I have successfully
> upgraded the Kernel from 2.2.16 to 2.4.1 using PCQuest
> CDROM.
>
> Linux Kernel How to :
>
> 1.Log in as or su to `root', and cd to /usr/src
> 2.Rename the directory /usr/src/linux to say
> /usr/src/linuxversion...
> 3. Make certain that there is no linux directory in
> /usr/src
> 4.bz2cat linux-x.y.z.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
> 5. make xconfig
> 6. make dep
> 7. make clean
> 8. man nohup ( not needed)
> 9. nohup make bzImage &
> 10. tail -f nohup.out(not needed)
> 11. cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
> /boot/bzImage.jamesraju.15Apr2001
> 12. edit /etc/lilo.conf file and put these lines -
> image=/boot/bzImage.jamesraju.15Apr2001
> label=james
> root=/dev/hda1
> read-only
> 13. lilo
> 14. lilo -q
> The following steps are not required if you don't need
> boot disk.
> 15. bash# cd /usr/src/linux
> 16. bash# make bzdisk
> See also mkbootdisk -
> 17. bash# rpm -i mkbootdisk*.rpm
> 18. bash# man mkbootdisk
>
> A complete howto is available at the following URL:
> <http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html>
>
> Hope with this you will be able to do. I have done it
> on much inferior machine.
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