RHEL5 - Adding debuginfo yum repo & installing debug kernel image

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#
# Follow instructions from the website below and add rhel5-debuginfo.repo to yum repos list (if not exists)
# http://le-huy.blogspot.com/2011/01/using-debuginfo-packages-in-redhat.html
#

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-debuginfo.repo 
[rhel-debuginfo]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - Debug
baseurl=ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/$releasever/en/os/$basearch/Debuginfo/
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release

#
# debuginfo repo is disabled by default; so dynamically enable it when running any yum commands
# Install the corresponding version of debug-info package as the one you've installed.
#
# Entire list of packages: 
# ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/x86_64/Debuginfo/
# 

[root@localhost ~]# yum install --enablerepo rhel-debuginfo kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.el5 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-164.el5 kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.el5

#
# Kernel image with debuginfo will be installed in:
#   /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.el5debug/vmlinux
# 

# Done!