[root@hardhat /tmp]# rpm -i kernel-2.2.17-6.i386.rpm 
depmod: depmod.c:575: addksyms: Assertion `n_syms < 10000' failed.
var/tmp/rpm-tmp.32196: line 5: 11488 Aborted                 (core dumped)
depmod -a -i -m /boot/System.map-2.2.17-6 2.2.17-6


[root@hardhat /tmp]# rpm -i -q -p kernel-2.2.17-6.i386.rpm 
Name        : kernel                       Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version     : 2.2.17                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 6                             Build Date: Mon 30 Oct 2000
05:32:59 PM PST
Install date: (not installed)               Build Host:
porky.devel.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Kernel     Source RPM:
kernel-2.2.17-6.src.rpm
Size        : 16467634                         License: GPL
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system).
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
Red Hat Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.