On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Stephen King wrote:
> OK, this is a stupid question but I got to ask. Is the kernel source only
> packaged in the RPM's? I read the How-to configure the kernel and it keeps
> telling me to go find the linux-x.y.z.tar.gz file but I can't find it
> anywhere on the disk or on the ftp site. I can only find the
> kernel-source.2.2.14-5.0.i386.rpm and or also the
> kernel.2.2.14-5.0.i386.rpm. So what is the difference? Or is there a web
> site that explains it better on how to configure the kernel. HOW TO is kind
> of vague and seems like they assume you know most of the stuff already. Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.
> SK
>
You can download the kernel source from many locations in .tar or
.tar.gz format. Or you can download the kernel source in an RPM
package. But the kernel.2.2.14-5.0.i386.rpm is NOT the kernel source -
it is a pre-compiled kernel optimized to run on 386 machines. If you
want to install the kernel source, you need the
kernel-source-2.2.14.rpm. This is about equilivent to the
linux-2.2.14.tar.gz file. When you install the RPM, you end up with the
same directory structor as if you had used tar -zxvf
linux-2.2.14.tar.gz. It will put the source code in
/usr/src/linux-2.2.14, and creat a symlink /usr/src/linux. You can then
change to this directory and follow the directions for building your own
kernel.
You might also want to go to the Red Hat web site, and read the howto
about building your own kernel there. It is more Red Hat specific.
Mikkel
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