Re: configuring from kernel source directory

2000-09-13 Thread Tom Leete
Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote: > > > and then I made the soft link to point to the new directory. > > If you are talking about a soft link named "linux", just completely > delete it and reset it to the value that it had when you installed > your distribution and then never touch it again. >

Re: configuring from kernel source directory

2000-09-13 Thread Michael Elizabeth Chastain
> and then I made the soft link to point to the new directory. If you are talking about a soft link named "linux", just completely delete it and reset it to the value that it had when you installed your distribution and then never touch it again. > rm: include/asm: is a directory Instead of "cp

RE: configuring from kernel source directory

2000-09-13 Thread Tan Chee Wei
: Mason, Christopher (Paging) Engineering To: 'Tan Chee Wei'; Mason, Christopher (Paging) Engineering; ''[EMAIL PROTECTED]' ' Sent: 9/13/00 10:46 PM Subject: RE: configuring from kernel source directory It is probably down to when you do cp -Rr x x, you are not copying

Re: configuring from kernel source directory

2000-09-13 Thread Eli Carter
Tan Chee Wei wrote: > > hallo , > To back up a linux source directory, I tried a $ cp -Rr /usr/src/linux2.2.5 > /usr/src/2.2.5_New > and then I made the soft link to point to the new directory. > My question is why does 'make xconfig' or any 'make config' in the new > directory does not work ,eve

RE: configuring from kernel source directory

2000-09-13 Thread Mason, Christopher (Paging) Engineering
, especially if I am moving it to DOS partitions. -Original Message- From: Tan Chee Wei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 September 2000 15:43 To: 'Mason, Christopher (Paging) Engineering '; Tan Chee Wei; ''[EMAIL PROTECTED]' ' Subject: RE: configuring from ke

RE: configuring from kernel source directory

2000-09-13 Thread Tan Chee Wei
rom make mrproper : rm -f include/asm rm: include/asm: is a directory How should I resolve this ? ciao chee-wei -Original Message- From: Mason, Christopher (Paging) Engineering To: 'Tan Chee Wei'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 9/13/00 10:31 PM Subject: RE: configuring from

RE: configuring from kernel source directory

2000-09-13 Thread Mason, Christopher (Paging) Engineering
You tried doing a make clean && make mrproper first in the /usr/src/2.2.5_New before doing make xconfig. I think I had this problem before. -Original Message- From: Tan Chee Wei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 September 2000 15:27 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: configuring from ker