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Red Hat versioning & updating kernels
Hi all,
I am trying to get ndiswrapper 1.1 to work. It requires the include files for the kernel 2.4.21-4. I am ruinning that kernel since I have Red Hat Enterprise vers. 3.
The problem comes into existance when I install the source files for that kernel. The tarball itself is called, "kernel.2.4.21.tar.bzip2" not "kernel.2.4.21-4.tar.bzip2
I install & compile the source.
So, the problem is when I compile the ndiswrapper code. When I go to load ndiswrapper, using modprobe I get an error message that says that ndiswrapper was compiled with include files from 2.4.21 instead of 2.4.21-4. How do I go about overcoming this problem?
What does the "-4" stand for & where does it come from?
Thanks.
Philip Lefort
I am trying to get ndiswrapper 1.1 to work. It requires the include files for the kernel 2.4.21-4. I am ruinning that kernel since I have Red Hat Enterprise vers. 3.
The problem comes into existance when I install the source files for that kernel. The tarball itself is called, "kernel.2.4.21.tar.bzip2" not "kernel.2.4.21-4.tar.bzip2
I install & compile the source.
So, the problem is when I compile the ndiswrapper code. When I go to load ndiswrapper, using modprobe I get an error message that says that ndiswrapper was compiled with include files from 2.4.21 instead of 2.4.21-4. How do I go about overcoming this problem?
What does the "-4" stand for & where does it come from?
Thanks.
Philip Lefort
You don't want to be using a tarball for the kernel sources, but rather you should do an 'up2date -i kernel-source'. That will install sources that match your RedHat kernel.
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That's actually a pretty good answer. Where can I get the kernel-source from? I thought it would be with the CDs that came
with the s/w but it wasn't.
with the s/w but it wasn't.
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The kernel-source rpm package is on the RHEL 3.0 CD's, but I don't remember which one. The easy way to install the sources is to use up2date, as I mentioned above.