Havoc Pennington wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, ktb wrote: > > > > Is there an easier way to do what I'm trying to do? This is my first > > attempt at compiling a kernel. I thought I would go ahead and try 2.2.1 > > instead of the one I have 2.0.34. It was my understanding that dselect > > would download, place the new kernel in the right directory and take > > care of some linkage issues. Anyway if this can't be done I think I'll > > just stick to the kernel I have for the time being. > > dselect only understands Debian packages, I don't think ftp.kernel.org has > any Debian packages. So it's just getting thoroughly confused by what > you're doing. You need to download one of the Debian kernel-source > packages from ftp.debian.org or a mirror. OK I took a look at ftp.debian.org and I see no kernel package. Where would I find a deb 2.2.1 package? I found a kernel package at ftp://ftp.netgod.net/linux/v2.2/ but can dselect can't handle this? I've looked all over the debian site, I can't believe it isn't listed there. Thanks, Kent
