[ale] install 6.1 or upgrade 5.1

[Chris Kilroy]

My recommendation would be to download the kernel source from
www.kernel.org

READ THE KERNEL HOW-TO FIRST!!!

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html

and install it that way.  I wouldn't do it the .rpm way

You can download a .tar.gz file or a .bzip file.

one is bigger than the other, but how about you download the first one.

we'll assume you downloaded the file linux_2_2_13.tar.gz to your home dir

from /home/dahmani
$ su
# mv linux_2* /usr/src

if you want to save your old kernel source (if it is there it will be in
/usr/src/linux)

#mv /usr/src/linux /usr/src/linux_x_y_z (variables corresponding to old version)

it may already have been done and the /usr/src/linux is just a symlink
# cd /usr/src
# tar -xzvpf linux_2_2_13.tar.gz
# cd linux
you have 3 choices about how to config your kernel.  see the how-to.
I typically do it from

# make xconfig
when finished click on SAVE and EXIT
#make dep
# make clean
# make bzImage
# make modules
# make modules_install

You then need to edit lilo.conf so that your old kernel is still bootable in
case the new one implodes!
then before you restart!

#lilo
it will add your new entry.

then you can restart.  The HOW-TO is pretty useful.

Hope this is helpful.
chris



Dahmani nouredine wrote:

> hi guys;
>
> I have the redhat 5.1 on pII 266MHz i686 installed with a SiS 6326 agp / 8Mo
> onboard graphic card , i hope now to upgrade it to the 6.1 vesion which i
> download from a anonymous ftp server without losing my data on my PC,
> i try to install it with  the boot.img disk i found a error 'it tell me that
> it can't read module-info file, what can do to bypass this problem, i'm
> newbie in the redhat linux environement,
> i try to upgrade the kernel 2.0.x to 2.2.x but there is conflict which i
> can't understood and resolve it,
> i try by 1- upgrade mkinitrd, SysVinit*, initscript* (6.1)
>          2- then kernel-headers, kernel-source
>          3- finally the kernel, kernel-ibcs*, kernel-pcmcia*
> by rpm -Uvh --force *
>
> but without succesful, i don't understand well the steps to upgrade, i
> follow help to upgrade 5.0 to 6.0 doc
>
> it's unlisted how can manage this problem to install XFree86, can you tell
> me if there is another solutions
>
> forwarding to hearing from you soon; best regards
>
> thanks.
> nouredine
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com