Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12 -- CORRECTION

2001-11-12 Thread stnick
eDoc wrote: > > > You need to untar the source: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src# tar -xvzf > > After that, change the directory name to 'linux', so that your > uncompressed, > > untarred sources are in /usr/src/linux: > > The usr/src/linux directory that was missing before has been created, > app

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12 -- CORRECTION

2001-11-12 Thread stnick
eDoc wrote: > > > You need to untar the source: > > root@hostname:/usr/src# tar -xvzf > > After that, change the directory name to 'linux', so that your > uncompressed, > > untarred sources are in /usr/src/linux: > > The usr/src/linux directory that was missing before has been created, > appare

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12 -- CORRECTION

2001-10-29 Thread eDoc
> You need to untar the source: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src# tar -xvzf > After that, change the directory name to 'linux', so that your uncompressed, > untarred sources are in /usr/src/linux: The usr/src/linux directory that was missing before has been created, apparently for some reason a reboo

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:11:58PM -0500, eDoc wrote: > > you need to, as in the documentation, run make-kpkg from the top-level > kernel > > directory, which will depend on where you put your kernel source. This is > typically > > either /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/kernel-source- > > glen > > kern

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "eDoc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Somewhere folks are assuming that I am taking a step that they have not > explicitly stated and thus the creation of the critical kernel-source in the > necessary format in the necessary location is not happening. No, they're just assuming you understood the do

RE: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Glen S Mehn
Hey doc: I think we were all assuming a slightly higher level of linux-ness than you've got. I'd highly, highly suggest that you read all the docs online before you go into kernel compilation, particularly the ones about lilo (or grub) and booting to an alternate kernel-- you'll really want to be

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
you need to unpack linux-2.4.12.tar.gz first. Use tar zxvf linux-2.4.12.tar.gz (better copy linux-2.4.12.tar.gz to /usr/local/src and then unpack it there). Then cd to the directory created and then do make-kpkg there. But you have to do make xconfig or make menuconfig there first). Please follow d

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12 -- CORRECTION

2001-10-29 Thread eDoc
> You need to untar the source: > root@hostname:/usr/src# tar -xvzf > After that, change the directory name to 'linux', so that your uncompressed, > untarred sources are in /usr/src/linux: The usr/src/linux directory that was missing before has been created, apparently for some reason a reboot w

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:11:58PM -0500, eDoc wrote: > > you need to, as in the documentation, run make-kpkg from the top-level > kernel > > directory, which will depend on where you put your kernel source. This is > typically > > either /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/kernel-source- > > glen > > ker

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "eDoc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Somewhere folks are assuming that I am taking a step that they have not > explicitly stated and thus the creation of the critical kernel-source in the > necessary format in the necessary location is not happening. No, they're just assuming you understood the d

RE: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Glen S Mehn
Hey doc: I think we were all assuming a slightly higher level of linux-ness than you've got. I'd highly, highly suggest that you read all the docs online before you go into kernel compilation, particularly the ones about lilo (or grub) and booting to an alternate kernel-- you'll really want to be

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
you need to unpack linux-2.4.12.tar.gz first. Use tar zxvf linux-2.4.12.tar.gz (better copy linux-2.4.12.tar.gz to /usr/local/src and then unpack it there). Then cd to the directory created and then do make-kpkg there. But you have to do make xconfig or make menuconfig there first). Please follow