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Download and Install the Kernel Sources Package

The Fedora Linux installation process installs a precompiled standardized version of your kernel for your system to use. If you need to compile a new customized version of your kernel, you must install the kernel source code files located in the kernel-source RPM package. (See Chapter 6, "Installing RPM Software," for details on downloading and installing.)

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Start with a Linux system that has a standard kernel. If you have only used RPMs or the yum utility for kernel updates, you should be all set.

2.
Determine which version of the kernel you are using with the uname command. The example is running version 2.6.5-1.358.

[root@bigboy tmp]# uname -r
2.6.5-1.358
[root@bigboy tmp]#

3.
Install the matching kernel-source package using the rpm command from your CDs or using the yum utility. You may also have to install a C programming language compiler, such as gcc32, to convert the source text files into an executable kernel.

If you can't wait for the updated RPM to be created or your system doesn't support RPMs, then you can also consider downloading the latest Linux kernel code from the kernel.org Web site.

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