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4. Installation

The Linux Kernel 2.0.27 patch for MemGuard comes in RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) format and GNU compressed tar format.

The installation steps:

  1. Install the Linux kernel 2.0.27 source package.
  2. Install the MemGuard package.
  3. Patch the original kernel source from the patch file, memguard.patch.
  4. In the kernel configuration, answer "Yes" to "OGI Synthetix MemGuard" from the "General Setup" group to use MemGuard or answer "No" not to use MemGuard.
  5. Refer to the "README" file in the kernel source directory (/usr/src/linux).


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