Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3261 mails)

["Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 07:01:59PM -0400, mhf wrote:
> 
> Hi Group:
> 
> I want to upgrade my kernel from the current 2.2.16 to 2.4.3.
> I downloaded file "linux-2.4.3.tar.gz" from
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ and I was wondering if
> someone could confirm the following:
> 1) is this the right file, 

Yes.

> 2) is this the only file I need to properly upgrade my kernel, and 

Yes, but make sure you are using modutils-2.4.2. There is a RPM
available from SuSE.

> 3) would you recommend using an rpm (or some other kind of zipped
> format) because it will jive better with Suse 7.0?

There are no 2.4.3 kernel RPMs. If you want the latest, then you have to
compile it yourself. The kernel has a README file that provides a lot of
information regarding installation and troubleshooting.

Good luck!
- v
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