rebuilding kernel

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Darrel:

Glad you got the modified iso's from the speakup site. Sure saves work and 
time.

Seems, however, that my advice wasn't fully correct. Someone, don't 
remember who now, posted here about ext3 support being in the generic 
kernel now, as of 2.4.16, as I recall. Also, it's in the newer 2.2.X, 
though I don't track those any longer. 

One more piece of advice that I am very sure is correct! <grin>

There's a wonderful script called up2date that will update your 
installation to the very latest Redhat releases. You need to register your 
system first, and that's only mildly painful. You get to register as many 
systems as you like for free, but you can only have one at a time active 
for free. If you want more than one active at a time, you pay a nominal 
amount. Not bad, imho, for supporting Redhat. <grin>

In any case, registration happens at https://www.rhns.redhat.com

You can, if you wish, manage updates right from that web page, but I 
prefer to do it by hand on my schedule, particular for a portable system 
which is sometimes on a fast broadband connection, and sometimes on a 
modem from overseas. Once you're registered, you can just do this by hand 
by running the up2date command as root. I usually give it as follows:

up2date -u --nox --nosig

The --nox is important to keep the display in character mode. 

 On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, 
Darrell Shandrow wrote:

> Hi Janina,
> 
> First, thanks for the excellent advice to go ahead and download the 
> modified ISO images for RedHat 7.2.  I re-made the boot disk, downloaded 
> and burned the modified image files, then installed everything!  Worked 
> like a charm; I just wish Speakup could track those menu bars a little 
> better...  :-)
> 
> Thanks also for the warning about the Kernel.  I guess when it comes to 
> RedHat, one had better get the kernel from them, just to be sure you don't 
> have trouble...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> At 10:30 AM 12/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Actually there is a little difference inasmuch as Redhat has gone ahead
> >and included ext3 as an option with Redhat 7.2. So, if you've gone ext3,
> >and you compile a stock kernel from ftp.kernel.org, you will not be able
> >to mount your drives with that kernel.
> >  On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Darrell
> >Shandrow wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Dave,
> > >
> > > There should be no difference in the kernel among Linux
> > > distributions.  Just go to http://www.kernel.org for the Linux kernel, 
> > then
> > > build and install it from there.  Of course, if you want Speakup, you'll
> > > need to be sure to patch the Kernel as needed.
> > >
> > > Regards.
> > >
> > > At 08:22 PM 12/15/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Where can I find the sources from which the "installation" Redhat 7.2
> > > >kernel was built?  In order to install drivers form my sound card (an
> > > >Aureal 8820), I need to build a kernel with sound "built in", not as a
> > > >module.
> > > >
> > > >-Dave
> > > >
> > > >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org

Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper,
Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp

Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther
King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp

Learn how to make accessible software at
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