>From the size (and names) of the linux-2.0.35.tar.gz and linux-2.0.36.tar.gz files, it looks like you downloaded the complete kernel source instead of the patches. Just 'rm linux' to delete the symlink and 'tar xzf linux-2.0.36.tar.gz' which will untar the archive into linux. You can 'mv linux linux-2.0.36' and 'ln -s linux-2.0.36 linux' to keep it separate and linked to linux as before. Then you can cd to linux and compile without affecting anything in the kernel-source-2.0.34 directory.
If you had downloaded the patches (patch-2.0.3x.gz), the procedure would be to make a copy of your 2.0.34 source directory in linux (rather than the link) and apply the patch to that, leaving the original directory unchanged. Bob On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, ktb wrote: > I didn't see this in this covered exactly in the kernel howto. What I > would like to do is save my old kernel 2.0.34 until I'm sure that the > newly compiled kernel works. I have downloaded two patches for the > kernel to make it 2.0.36. Here is my /usr/src: > > /usr/src$ l > total 14011 > drwxrwsr-x 4 root src 1024 Feb 16 10:35 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 1024 Jan 26 10:19 ../ > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Dec 9 05:02 > kernel-headers-2.0.32/ > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 1024 Feb 9 10:09 > kernel-source-2.0.34/ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 20 Feb 9 07:46 linux -> > kernel-source-2.0.34/ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 21 Dec 9 05:18 linux-2.0.32 -> > kernel-headers-2.0.32/ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 20 Feb 9 07:46 linux-2.0.34 -> > kernel-source-2.0.34/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 7014087 Jul 13 1998 > linux-2.0.35.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 7269221 Nov 15 23:50 > linux-2.0.36.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 134 Feb 16 09:21 old-tree.tar.gz > > >From what I understand I need to apply the new patches before I compile > the kernel. What I've read in the howto says that if I unpack the > patches they will go into, linux -> kernel-source-2.0.34/ > I really don't need to apply the patches to this kernel. I would like > to apply the patches to the kernel I am going to compile only, which if > I am understanding correctly should be, linux-2.0.34 -> > kernel-source-2.0.34/ which I guess will become 2.0.36. > How do I set this up so I can compile 2.0.36 only? This is my first > time so I may not be thinking about this correctly. > Thanks, > Kent > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
