It is possible to download src.rpm's...that's probably what he meant.
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, mjs wrote:
> just so i understand you correctly,..you mentioned RPMS
>
> i didn't use RPM kernel,...i just downloaded the src and use that,..is that
> what you mean??
>
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Statux
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 11:42 PM
> To: REDHAT . .
> Subject: Re: kernel frustration
>
>
> > here is my senerio,..i'm currentely running Redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.17
> > and i want to upgrade to kernel 2.4.0, is this possible?..do i need to be
> > running Redhat 7.0 ??... i went ahead and ran
>
> You don't need 7.0. I have 6.2 and I have 2.4.x running off and on (off
> and on because there is still one known unresolved problem that I'm having
> with it and it deals with the AIM service which I suspect has to do with
> AOL itself and how it doesn't like packets from this box).
>
> > make menuconfig
> > make dep
>
> don't forget modules and modules_install (even if you didn't ask for
> modules, it might have a few for you anyway).
>
> just do: make dep modules modules_install bzImage (yes, you can string em
> all together like this)
>
> > all went fine,..but as soon as i ran
> >
> > make bzImage i got this error
> >
> > [root@digitalconsciousness linux]# make bzImage
> > gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o
> > scripts/split-include scripts/split-include.c
> > In file included from /usr/include/errno.h:36,
> > from scripts/split-include.c:26:
> > /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25: linux/errno.h: No such file or directory
> > make: *** [scripts/split-include] Error 1
>
> Easy. This is a common problem.. but once it's fixed, it's fixed for good
> unless you go back to kernel RPMs again :)
>
> set the following soft links as follows:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Apr 21 2000 /usr/include/linux
> -> /usr/src/linux/include/linux
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Apr 21 2000 /usr/include/asm
> -> /usr/src/linux/include/asm
>
> ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux
> ln -s /usr/include/asm /usr/src/linux/include/asm
>
> make sure /usr/src/linux is soft linked to the kernel that you're either
> compiling or that is currently running (in that order.. the latter since
> certain things compile against the kernel headers). So you should have
> it linked to the 2.4.x kernel's source that you're dealing with (since the
> scripts in the kernel source tree reference things as linux and not
> linux-2.4.whatever), etc.
>
> > now looking in the /Documentation/Changes dir i noticed that
> >
> > modutils 2.4.0 # insmod -V
> > o e2fsprogs 1.19 # tune2fs --version
> > o pcmcia-cs 3.1.21 # cardmgr -V
> > o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version
> > o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep
> > version
>
> Upgrade everything before you even start compiling 2.4.x. Very important
>:)
>
> > are the only packages the I need to update,...., i'm really not
> sure,..would
> > this of caused the error when running make bzImage.....and also, i've
> tried
> > to find these packages...with NO luck...where can i obtain them??...this
> > seems quite a hassled to just upgrade the kernel to 2.4.0...and the
> > reason,.among some others i'm upgrading is so i can upgrade my bind to
> > 9.1.0...
>
> Just go through a 6.2 updates mirror (like you should do weekly anyway so
> you don't get rooted while sleeping). No, this isn't what's causing the
> make error... as I've already explained. It has to do with the kernel RPMs
> that you pulled. The links are in the RPMs... you just have to reset them.
> No biggie.
>
> > all help is appreciated...Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A
> > pessimist is sure of it!
>
> Isn't that, like, from Candide or something? :)
>
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>
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>
> otay.
>
> > Version: 6.0.231 / Virus Database: 112 - Release Date: 2/12/2001
>
> but it's almost 2 weeks outdated :/
>
> -Statux
>
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