Wesly Chen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just downloaded "kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm" from RedHat ftp site.
> And I run "rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm" and I got stocked.
>
> Anyone know how to upgrade my RedHat 7.2 kernel to 2.4.9-45 with
> kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm? Thanks in advance.
>
> Wesly Chen
> yuwchen @ hotmail . com

Couldn't you find an older kernel? This one saw the dinosaurs disappear
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Who the **** is General Failure, and why is he reading my harddisk?

yuwchen@hotmail.com (Wesly Chen) writes:

]Hi,

] I just downloaded "kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm" from RedHat ftp site.
]And I run "rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm" and I got stocked.

Fine. That installed the source into /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES
Probably not what you wanted.


] Anyone know how to upgrade my RedHat 7.2 kernel to 2.4.9-45 with
]kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm? Thanks in advance.

Why don't you get the compiled rpm instead?
Otherwise, try
rpm --rebuild kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm
and then
rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386/kernel-2.4.9-45*

On the other had, why in the world use such an old kernel?
The 2.4 is up to 2.4.25 by now, with many bug fixes (some quite serious)

"Wesly Chen" wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I just downloaded "kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm" from RedHat ftp site.
> And I run "rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm" and I got stocked.
>
> Anyone know how to upgrade my RedHat 7.2 kernel to 2.4.9-45 with
> kernel-2.4.9-45.src.rpm? Thanks in advance.
>
> Wesly Chen
> yuwchen @ hotmail . com

See man rpm, specifically the --rebuild option.

JW