Richard, Thanks for the info, I'm hopeing for the best!! I'm not connected to a LAN however, so I'm wondering if Linux has dial up support. From what I can tell it doesn't appear so. Is there a way I can download from windows then somehow "see" these files while running linux? The reason CDROM support is so important is that all of my deb packages are on CDROM. When running the rescue disk i was able to install support for my SCSI card and my CDROM's successfully but i have had no luck while booting from the boot floppy. I do have FAT support installed if that makes a difference. I still think that my problem stems from an utter lack of familiarity with linux rather than a compatibility problem.
thanks again, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Richard Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 11:46 PM Subject: kernel >The kernel source won't be there until you download it. It's far too big >to be on a floppy. You need to download several packages by ftp to be >able to compile your own kernel. I'm a little skeptical that there is not >a hardware problem, because the usual installation floppy does support >SCSI CD-ROM drives. Of course, I can't help you with a hardware problem, >but I can tell you how to build a kernel, so here goes: > >You need to download a few packages from your favorite ftp site. I hope >that you are on the net? > >$ cd /tmp >$ ftp sunsite.unc.edu (or whatever site) >(log in as 'ftp', give your email as password) >> cd pub/debian/hamm/main/binary-i386/devel >> mget ker*34* >(say 'y' twice) > >This gets you the kernel source and header files needed for compilation >and puts them in /tmp > >> cd ../misc >> get kernel-package_4.11.deb > >This gets you the handy kernel configuring and compiling utility > >You will probably also need to download a compiler and some libraries. I >can't tell you which ones for sure, but you will find out when you try to >install the kernel packages because the installer will complain about >missing packages. When that happens, go get them, install them, then try >installing the kernel packages again. Repeat until successful. Lather. >Rinse. > >So how to you install a package? Become root, then (still in /tmp) > ># dpkg -i <name_of_file.deb> > >It will either successfully install the package or tell you that you need >to install another package first. If you need to download a compiler >(gcc, for instance) and libraries, they are probably in the devel/ and >libs/ directories, and maybe interpreters/ and /oldlibs > >Once everything you need is installed, you will have a /usr/src/linux, so > ># cd /usr/src/linux ># make config >(answer lots of questions) ># make-kpkg clean ># make-kpkg -revision custom.1.0 kernel-image ># dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image-2.0.34_custom.1.0_i386.deb >This will allow you to make a new boot floppy (keep the old one!) and to >make your new kernel boot automatically. Don't do that until you've >proven that it works from the boot floppy. > >I hope this helps. Visit >http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html for lots of >details. > >Good luck, > >Richard Hall >Network Services >University of Tennessee > >
