"vkj" <vkj_assign@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am running Fedora Core 2, kernel 2.6.5. I am trying to upgrade to
> kernel 2.6.12. Is there anything wrong in downloading and building the
> kernel in user home directories? I doing this as root, though.

I'd urge you to grab a Core 4 update FTP site and install the RPM or build
from the SRPM. It will also iinform you of dependencies on glibc, modutils,
and other packages that you may encounter.

Why not simply upgrade to FC4 and then do the updates? FC2 is now
deprectated.