User: telanis

Updating your Redhat kernel to 2.2.1

On: Ask Slashdot: Upgrading Red Hat 5.2 to Linux 2.2.0

NOTE: DO NOT UNTAR THE SOURCE FILE YET ON THE SRC DIRECTORY. UNTAR IT ON /TMP. MAKE SURE linux-2.2.1.tar.gz is on /tmp

First thing, *READ* /tmp/linux/Documentation/Changes
thats all the programs you need to update in order to get your redhat 5.2 updated.

Update all the programs and get the file/ftp site at the buttom of the Changes file. Get the file and install it. After this, delete your old kernel, rm -rf /usr/src/linux then untar the new kernel using cd /usr/src then tar -xzvf /tmp/linux-2.2.1.tar.gz after this, cd linux then make mrproper
make menuconfig (DO YOUR STUFF HERE, WARNING MODULES USERS MAKE SURE YOUR OLD MODULULATED DEVICES HAVE BEEN DEFINED IN LINUX CONFIG AS M OR [ ] BLACK)

make dep

pico Makefile
"find /boot and uncomment it" this will let you install the new kernel to /boot"

close pico by doing CTRL o then CTRL x

pico /etc/lilo.conf
"find the old kernel saying /boot/vmlinuz-2.0* and change it to /boot/vmlinuz"

close pico by doing CTRL o then CTRL x

make bzlilo (Because it's big :) )
or make bzImage
or make bzdisk (Test the new kernel in a disk)

Your done :) (Module users please continue)

make modules (To link the modules)
make install_modules (To install the linked modules to /lib/modules)

then make sure you run lilo again :)

visit #Linux EFnet's website at http://www.linuxhelp.org/

Good Luck,

telanis