Hello, Matt. When you connect to the SuSE ftp server, many of the directories will have a greeting explaining some of what is in the directory. Of course, this depends on your ftp client. In the kernel directory, you would need the appropriate kernel RPM: k_deflt SuSE's Regular Pentium Optimised Kernel k_i386 Kernel for older 386/486 and some older AMD processors k_psmp SMP kernel for classic/MMX Pentia k_smp SMP kernel for Pentium Pro and later processors The other RPMs in the folder (jfsprogs, modutils and reiserfs) are in there as they have been updated to work with the newer kernel. Of course, if you will only be rolling your own kernel, then there's not much point in downloading the ready rolled ones. Then you'd just need the sources and the other RPMs. However, it might be worthwhile for you to try the SuSE kernel first to see if it works with your special devices. Bye for now, Stuart. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Mendelow [mailto:matt@poblano.com] Sent: 10 January 2002 14:38 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] How to upgrade a Suse kernel There are several packages in the /pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/kernel/2.4.16-20011220 directory. Do I only need k_deflt? I am using ReiserFS and I notice a package that mentions that. I suppose I need that as well as the source too? The instructions in the previous link were a little light on detail. The other thing I should have asked was that I need support for specific USB devices such as the Handspring and Sony Clie which is available in kernels 2.4.9 and beyond but I'm not sure if its been compiled into this 2.4.16 kernel that Suse offers. If not, do I need to compile my own from scratch? If so, how do I preserve the Suse customization of their kernel while adding the support I need? Thanks for the URL. - Matt <snip>