Proper way to install new kernel 2.6.11.7 into Fedora Core 3

[Rick Stevens]

Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Dear all,
>    I was afraid to update to a newer kernel with all
> the messages that the system won't boot but I am
> taking a risk.  I have downloaded 2.6.11.7.tar.bz2 and
> extracted it.  I read the README and have done the
> following:
> make mrproper
> make xconfig
> make dep
> make clean
> make bzImage
> 
> What else do i need to do?  I am still running
> 2.6.9-1.667.  I need to manually edit /boot/grub.conf
> to put the new kernel.  
> 
> What advice can you give me?
> 
> Do I need to do a modules install? or something like
> that.
> 
> I appreciate all the help that you can provide.

You don't need the "make dep" or "make clean" steps with 2.6 kernels.
Simply:

	make mproper
	make xconfig
	make bzImage
	make modules
	make modules_install
	make install

That should do it all for you.  Double check your /boot/grub/grub.conf
file to verify that the new kernel got installed.

Of course, why don't you just "yum update kernel" and use the
precompiled binary 2.6.11 kernel for FC3 from the official repositories?
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