Hai, > >from the /usr/src/linux directory after extracting the tar archive, with > the >gzipped patch file in the /usr/src directory, issue "zcat ../<name of > patch >file.gz> | patch -p1 . > I am starting to presume that you: 1; get the kernel-source. 2; get the patch 3; apply that patch to the kernel-source, BEFORE compiling it?
I've gotten the 2.2.19 kernel-package, because I installed an out of the box 2.2 Potato. Can you patch a compiled kernel? > >in the last couple of days i've configured a debian box with a stripe set > >volume, let me know if you have any questions. for one thing, if you're > >doing a fresh install you don't necessarily need to upgrade the kernel to > >2.4.5 unless you want to. the 2.2.19 kernel on the woody installation > >diskettes can be configured to handle raid under the block devices setup, > >which gives you the opportunity to get a good installation before you mess > >with the kernel. I did get it in. I thinkBut I have a patch in /usr/src/kernel-patches/i386/2.2.19/apply/raid* How do I make it work; it keeps saying Not in kernel top level directory. Exiting (can you by the way copy a bzImage on a bootflop just renaming it to linux? Because I'm under the impression that it works.........Not using dd=.....etc.) Thanx Frans Schreuder > >john cuson > >([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > "I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; > because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. > I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; > for a might-have-been has never been, but a has-been was once an > are." > > -Milton Berle > > > >
