(Ot) a couple of fedora kernel questions

[Janina Sajka]

Cheryl Homiak writes:
> I'm still trying to work my way through the new info on Fedora and wonder 
> if somebody can answer a couple of quick questions for me.
> am I stuck with grub or can I install lilo? Is there some reason why I 
> should leave grub in charge if I can get lilo?
You can use lilo. In fact, you probably already have a file called /etc/lilo.conf.anaconda. Just change/copy that to /etc/lilo.conf, editing if you feel that would be helpful, and run lilo.


> also, can I just change my kernel in /boot using a kernel from kernel.org 
> or one of its mirrors or is there some reason why I need to use the rpms? 
Hey, this is Linux. You can do anything you want. Of course, you're also responsible for the consequences--so beware.

You may wish to check the default config files Fedora provides under /usr/src/linux-{version}/configs.

The reason to use rpm is to have a package manager handle dependencies, etc.

But, as I said, this is Linux. You can change and fiddle all you want.


> are there any extra steps I have to take in changing kernels with fedora 
> that would be different from what I did in debian--the standard kernel 
> make config, make clean, make, make modules_install, copying the 
> system.map and bzImage to /boot and running lilo or grub as the case may 
> be?     Now that I think of it, I'm wondering if I have to do symlinks
> for my boot images; don't know if that's a lilo/grub issue or a 
> debian/fedora issue. anyway, I realize I'm going to have to do a lot of 
> reading to get squared away with the new system, but if somebody has time 
> to  give 
> me a very quick summary so I can at least recompile the kernel I'd really 
> appreciate it. Otherwise I'll just wait until I have time to do enough 
> reading to get everything figured 
> out.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> 
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> 
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