If you are afraid to mess things up then don't do it! What I do not see here
in your mail is _WHY_ you want to upgrade your kernel? If you just want to
learn and play with these things, do it on a system you care nothing about.
Installing a SuSE RPM Kernel is quite easy:
rpm -Uvh k_i386xxxx.rpm
mk_initrd
lilo
init 6
For roll your own
make menuconfig
select all your options and save .config
make clean && make modules && make modules_install && make bzlilo
bzlilo calls mk_initrd, lilo, and moves the new kernel, but you should check
that, I have not looked in a while
Regards,
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Herman"
OK I'm ready to take my next SuSE step. I want to upgrade my kernel.
I currently run SuSE 7.2 pro and have kept things pretty much updated (new rpms from SuSE, online updates, etc). I've been reluctant to upgrade my kernel and xFree86 as Linux is my main OS now.
I've read things about mk_initrd, cloneconfig etc and am currently looking through all of the documentation I can find.
I have an athlon Athlon 700mhz cpu ATI all -in-Wonder128pro SB live value usr ISA hardware modem
I want to keep all of this working obviously.
So my questions are: 1) How do I backup my old kernel in case things go wrong?
2) Is it recommended to go with the Mantel rpm or should I bite the bullet and learn how to re-compile the kernel?
3) If re-compile which sources should I get?
4) I've noticed that Yast 2 has a kernel config interface. Does it open with the current settings (as installed originally) or some default config.
Thanks for your patience and help dh
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