Try tar zxvf kernel-source 2.2.12.tar.gz (which u have mentioned is already in /usr/src). tar will "un-tar" and "gunzip" the kernel sources into the directory kernel-source-<kernel_version> (or something like that). cd into the said directory and do a make config ( ro make menuconfig or make xconfig if you want meu-driven and X versions of the config, respectively), make modules, make modules-install, make bzImage. cp the resulting bzImage in /usr/src/arch/i386/boot (for i386 architecture) into /boot and remember to modify your lilo.conf to i nclude your new kernel and run lilo at the command prompt. Also, I suggest you mv your current /lib/modules/<kernel_version> to /lib/modules/<kernel_version>.original ...just in case you want to use the original modules back...
Hope that helps....cheers. Patrick Cheong Information Systems Assurance Measat Broadcast Network Systems E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my Where do you want to go? As far away from Redmond Only dead fish go with the flow! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 3:49 AM > To: debian-user-list > Subject: newbie help > > I do have one little thing that I am stuck on. I am trying to > recompile the kernel and I am trying to follow the > /usr/doc/kernel-package Readme file but I am not understanding the > first step. I have kernel-source 2.2.12.tar.gz in /usr/src now. Do I > need to gunzip it then un-tar it and then do the make config. The > read me talk about where to unpack it but i am not sure about the > unpacking part. Any help is greatly appreciated. > Clyde > << File: filename="text1.rtf" >>
