On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, nikhil bharadwaj wrote: > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:30:57 -0700 (PDT) > From: nikhil bharadwaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: twincling hyderabad <[email protected]> > Subject: [twincling] Compiling Linux Kernel > > hi all, > > I am using Fedora 8 with Linux version 2.6.21.Now I need to upgrade it to a > newer version 2.6.24. > > How do I proceed. The way of compiling the code and modules is time > consuming so is there any other way to do it. > > Awaiting for a reply. > > Thanks, > Nikhil >
The simplest way to do this is: 1. download Linux-2.6.24.tar.bz2 kernel code from kernel.org 2. download .config file and put it under linux-2.6.24 directory 3. make mr_proper 4. make 5. make modules_install The "time consuming" part is the selection of options to create a .config file. Kernel compilation takes about 30 min. on a Celeron M, system. Having said that, Fedora/Redhat make kernel modifications and they may also have some patches to go with. In that case, you may want to for a binary kernel upgrade. thanks Saifi.
