kernel source for rhel4

[klaxyn]

I installed the kernel source from the CDs by "rpm -ivh kernel-devel*src.rpm" and this installs the source into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES. But there is no makefile. Everything I find on the web says the rpm command I used should install the source and makefile in /usr/src/linux-xxxx/. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.
klambert@earthmatrix.org

 

[Chacalinc]

don't you have the /usr/src/linux-XXX folder?

 

[klaxyn]

Turns out I was isntalling the wrong package. I installed this rpm "kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-5.0.5.EL.i686.rpm". This created the /usr/src/linux-xxxx/ file structure. I then created the soft link to /usr/src/linux. "kernel-devel*src.rpm" must be the source used to create the rpm that installs the source to the kernel. This would explain why it was in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES and not /usr/src/linux.

Kurin Lambert
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