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Re: RH modules package



On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Daniel Vainer wrote:

> 	I've build my kernel to be modular one, but than I discovered
> that kerneld is not on my system. HOWTO-s says this is supposed to be in
> modules package from 1.2.8 one, my was 1.2.13 one but it wasn't there!
> All the utils that shoud be there werein place, but no kerneld.
> (I've checked modules-1.2.8 and 1.2.13 files from glint and it is not there!)
> Than i checked modules-1.2.8.tgz from Slackware dist. and it WAS in it.
> 
> 	Can anybody say why RedHat package does not include it? Any other problems
> You encountered with RedHat? Where can I read about it? I've read all RedHat's
> HOWTO's and FAQ's from RH-3.0.3 but found none about it.

RH didn't want to use it at the time because it wasn't completely smooth
orsomething. in RH4 it is there by default, but inded I believe it comes
in a separate RPM. upgrade your 3.0.3 to kernel 2.0.X, I think the 3.0.3
upgrade RPMs include it.


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