So, what is the prefered way to upgrade a kernel? Is
this it, or is it by going to a kernel.org and
downloading that and installing?

--- Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
> You have to get the kernel sources to get the source
> code, if you just get
> the kernel RPM thats all you get is a binary.  Thats
> really the way that you
> want it, because the source code for the kernel is
> around 112 megs right
> now, and if you just want a working system for a
> firwall or something like
> that, you might only have 100 megs worth of space on
> your storage medium for
> the whole system.
> 
> Brian Cluff
> ----- Original Message -----
> > I just spent 12 hours upgrading my kernel on my
> laptop
> > to enable sound. How did I do this? I had to rpm
> in
> > the kernel from redhat's site. Otherwise, my video
> and
> > audio would not work together. I have never
> installed
> > linux on a laptop before this, though I have
> upgraded
> > kernels on other nonlaptop systems. Is it me, or
> > should I have more freedom with my kernel? After I
> > rpm'd the kernel in, I went to look at it, to
> compile
> > it- guess what? /usr/src didn't have an entry for
> that
> > kernel. Does debian do this when you use apt-get
> to
> > pull down the kernel, or does it leave the source
> in
> > /usr/src?
> >
> > I am going to be installing linux on a box of mine
> at
> > home, and am now starting to consider other
> distros (I
> > have used rh for over 2 years now- with a
> sprinkling
> > in of other distros.)
> >
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