Recently downloaded the 2.6.5 kernel from kernel.org as a tgz source file .. and tried to install on rh9 .. but the new installation fails at boot. I am now thinking of converting to an alternative distro that will allow this easily .. I understand rh has a whole lot of distro specfic stuff which has to be organised ..
An option, perhaps a better one, is to get a Red Hat compiled kernel from Red Hat's kernel guy. Start at http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/readme.txt. In saying that it is perfectly possible to run Red Hat using a kernel.org kernel, I know that Greig does it; you might need to upgrade modutils if this is the first 2.6 kernel you've tried to run as the module format has changed in 2.6.
Could someone advise me on either how to get it going using rh9 .. or which alternate distro would be best ..rh is the one I'm familiar with. Also ..can you install a new distro without a reformat of the disk .. to preserve all my personal files?
Fedora Core 2 (perhaps aka "Red Hat Linux 9.2") is out in a week; it's 2.6 enabled out of the box, and it's a simple insert-cds-and-go upgrade. When it's out, I'm sure someone will give you a copy. Craig