I'm sorry...I just looked at the stuff I have, and it IS 6.1, not 6.0.
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Date: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] kernel compilation
>Hey Nick,
> From my experience with Mandrake 6.0, There are a lot of fixes
>that you will need to get it working without any sort of Internet access.
>Broken symbolic links, innitscript problems, etc. I understand they fixed
>this in Mandrake 6.1. I'm don't know personally though as I've never gone
>back(can't see justifying putting a system out thats not throughly
>tested). Anyhow fixing these problems might make a huge effect in what
>you're trying to do
>HTH,
>
>Harry Hoffman
>Product Systems Specialist
>Restaurants Unlimited Inc.
>Seattle WA
>206 634-3082 ext. 270
>
>On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Nick Green wrote:
>
>> Hey, all. I'm trying to get my linux machine up and running. (My first
>> time
>> ever using linux, so be gentle. ;) The biggest stumbling block I'm
having
>> is getting it setup for internet use. I'm running Mandrake 6.0. The
>> installation
>> does not compile ppp, and as a result, I can't get linux to even test the
>> modem that I've been able to determine.
>>
>> I have gone through and remade my kernel through "make xconfig" and done
>> the make dep, make zImage, and make modules. I want to do 3 things now
that
>> I don't know how...even though I know that they should be fairly easy
things
>> to figure
>> out...I can't find it spelled out plainly anywhere. Anyway, I want to:
>>
>> 1) load the kernel onto a floppy so I can make sure linux will boot with
>> the new kernal
>> 2) backup the old kernal
>> 3) install the new kernal
>>
>> Can anyone spell out in plain language how to do this?
>>
>> n.
>>
>>
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