On Wed, 02 Feb 2000, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Lee Chapelle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > From: aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > cd to /usr/src > > > and run this: > > > > > > wget http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/v2.3/linux-2.3.41.tar.gz > > > > that's cool! > > > > > mv linux linux-OLD > > > > no such directory or file <SPLAT> > > It's no longer normal to unpack the kernel source in /usr/src, > and one wouldn't except there to be a linux symlink to be renamed > if you hadn't already unpacked one there, say, from hamm or previous. > > If you download kernel-package and fakeroot, you can unpack the > source anywhere and then, at top level in the source, > > > > make menuconfig > > > (configure the kernel to your liking) > > fakeroot /usr/sbin/make-kpkg clean > fakeroot /usr/sbin/make-kpkg --revision=foo.1 kernel_image > ^^^^^ > something more meaningful -------- > > You'll be left with a package called /kernel-image-2.3.41_foo.1_i386.deb > in the directory above you (i.e. in ..) which you can then install > like any .deb file.
I follow up to that point but my Windows brain does not grok "lnstall like any .deb file" How is that? TIA Lee
