[NTLUG:Discuss] Kernel Source for RH 5.2

[Brian]

Having run into this same situation, I found the best solution was to
download kernel sources from kernel.org or a mirror, and recompile those.
Unfortunately, as the various distros continue to diverge from one another,
the chances of missing a distro-specific patch becomes greater.

  --Brian

"George E. Lass" wrote:

> I need to rebuilt the 2.0.36 kernel shipped with RedHat 5.2
> I have installed the source RPM "kernel-2.0.36-0.7.src.rpm"
> from the 2nd CDROM via "rpm -i kernel......." but the only
> file that it "installed" that is big enough to contain the
> kernel source is linux-2.0.35.tar.gz.  After gunzip'ing and
> un-tar'ing it, I suspect I need to "patch" it too.
>
> There are a number of "patch" files that were installed.
> It looks like 2.0.36-pre-patch-14.gz might be one of the ones I need,
> but when I try to install it via "patch", it is looking for the original
> files in linux.vanilla/kernel linux.vanilla/drivers etc.....
>
> There's just got to be an easier way to do this, but I don't
> have any idea what it is.  Can anyone help?
>
> George
>
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