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@@ -16,3 +16,52 @@ Prerequisites:
 - elfutils with libdwfl (from fedora rawhide; include -devel and -libelf-)
 - root privileges
 
+Installation steps for Fedora Core 4:
+-------------------------------------
+
+As root use yum to install and update the following
+1. yum update kernel or yum update kernel-smp
+2. yum install kernel-debuginfo
+3. yum install kernel-devel or yum install kernel-smp-devel
+4. Update the elfutils, currently the latest elfutils is hosted at the
+   sytemtap's developement server
+   Add a new repository 
+   vi /etc/yum.repos.d/systemtap-elfutils.repo
+   and add the following
+  
+   [systemtap-elfutils]
+   name=FOR SYSTEMTAP DEVELOPMENT ONLY
+   baseurl=ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/systemtap/elfutils/
+   enabled=1
+   gpgcheck=0 
+
+5. yum update elfutils
+6. yum update elfutils-devel
+7. Get the systemtap src from the cvs
+   cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/systemtap login
+   {enter "anoncvs" as the password}
+   cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/systemtap co src
+
+8. Build and install systemtap
+   cd src
+  ./configure
+  make
+  make install (as root)
+
+
+Installation steps for RHEL4 Update 2:
+--------------------------------------
+
+1. Install kernel-debuginfo rpm from CDs
+2. Install kernel-smp-devel rpm from CDs
+3. Install systemtap rpm from CDs
+
+
+Tips :
+------
+- Systemtap looks for the debug info in these locations
+  /boot/vmlinux-`uname -r`
+  /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux
+  /lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux
+
+