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
: configuring from kernel source directory 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 di

configuring from kernel source directory

2000-09-13 Thread Tan Chee Wei
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 ,even though the .config file is the s