Luis wrote:
I would go to the ftp site under the updates..in the kernel directory and get the RPM's for the 2.4.2 kernel and the new modutils..it's pretty easy to install..it's a good way until you get familiar with compiling your own.
welll, and the steps???????? hehehe suse kernel is it the same than linux kernel (www.kernel.org)????
Go to: ftp://ftp2.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/kernel/ and download whichever kernel is best for you (for example, the SMP kernel is for multiprocessor machines, i386 is backwards compatible, etc.). If you don't have the latest modutils, then you'll need to download that as well, etc. Then you needs to install the RPMs. You can either do this using a program such as kpackage, or you can use the 'rpm' program on the command line. You'll need to put a new entry in /etc/lilo.conf to point to the new kernel (see 'man lilo.conf' and the already existing entries for more details), not forgetting to run the '/sbin/lilo' command. That's all there is to it - you don't need to compile the kernel yourself. As to your question about the similarity between the SuSE kernel and the kernel.org kernel - yes, the SuSE kernel is different. The SuSE kernel usually has a lot of the latest patches and some enhancements with respect to the 'official' kernel. You don't loose a huge amount by going with the 'official' kernel though. Hope that gives you enough to get started, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\