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Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.16 RPM released From: Brandon Dorman <brandond@lightspeed.net> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:44:48 -0700 Nitebirdz wrote: > I saw a lot of messages in the last two weeks or so in this list > requesting the new kernel 2.2.16 in RPM format. Well, I just read in > linuxtoday.com that it has been released today: > > http://linuxsecurity.com/articles/host_security_article-909.html > http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-1.i386.html if I were to get that kernel, would the rpm format "compile" it for me and everything? Would it be just like installing a program with RPM or still something beyond my newbies knowledge? === Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.16 RPM released From: John Aldrich <john@chattanooga.net> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:07:37 -0400 On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Brandon Dorman wrote: > if I were to get that kernel, would the rpm format > "compile" it for me and everything? Would it be just like > installing a program with RPM or still something beyond my > newbies knowledge? It's strongly recommended that if you use a binary RPM that you use the "i flag instead of the "U" flag. That way, if anything happens you still have your old kernel. ===