Kernel Upgrade

On a pure SuSE Linux system (i.e. no guarantees if you've changed lilo.conf or did other things):

 rpm -Uvh k_(deflt|smp).rpm
 mk_initrd
 lilo ( only if your bootloader is lilo for grub skip this step)
 reboot
    

To create from sources:

  rpm -Uvh kernel-sources*.rpm
  cd /usr/src/linux
  [edit Makefile and set EXTRAVERSION, if you like]

  # "cloneconfig" uses data from /proc/config.gz
  # you may have to say Y/N/M for options new in the new kernel
  # sources (i.e. not already found in /proc/config.gz)
  make cloneconfig dep clean bzlilo modules modules_install

  mk_initrd
  lilo
  reboot