I have been using 'yum update' to keep my Fedora Core 4 up to date; however, I now have about 6 versions listed along with my Windows in a dual boot system. I used to be able to delete the older versions when I could get apt and synaptic to work; however, FC4 apparently does not permit use of these. How does one eliminiate the older kernels? Bob
recompiling the kernle is not an easy job and it is recommended to do it manually . i will never trust a package manager tu update my kernel . anyway , the point is that after each update , you have to update your boot's manager configuration file to remove the old kernel and add the new one . tell us , what boot manager do you use ?
I'm using GRUB. BTW - I am fairly new to Linux, so some of my questions and problems stem from not knwing how to correct/install a lot of items. One of these install issues is that I am unable to comprehend how to open the 'tar' files to get them to work. Is there some sikmple instrucdtions available that show this process. All the sites I ahve visited presumes more knowledge than I possess and I am currently held prisoner by the 'rpm' process. I have one of the FC 'Bibles', but in trying to follow instructions there does not produce the end result of having the program installed. Bummer!
Then you could edit /boot/grub/menu.lst. There you will find a section which looks like this (this one's taken from Debian): Code: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=/dev/sda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386 (recovery mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=/dev/sda1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386 savedefault boot Comment out the sections that you don't need. If you have a file called test.tar.gz and want to unpack it, run Code: tar xvfz test.tar.gz
I can get the unpack part to work, but what do I do after that to install a package? I can see a lot of files after I do the 'tar xvfz......gz...', but the next step is what has me stumped and I do not know how to proceed. I've read that './configure' is to be used and then 'make file' issues, etc., but it isn't clear how to do all this.
Ok, you run Code: tar xvfz test.tar.gz , then it is unpacked. Next you do Code: ls -l to find out how the directory is named where the files have been unpacked to. For example, if it has been unpacked into the directory test, you run Code: cd test , and you're in the test directory. Now you can do the next step, e.g. run ./configure or whatever you have to do.
