Re: Compiling same kernel

Thanks Aquila, That's the information I needed. I've already downloaded kernel-package. I just wasn't absolutely sure that's what I should use. Now I know that it is. Ken Aquila wrote: > > It is a little different, Debian has this package called > "kernel-package" (apt-get install it) which c

Re: Compiling same kernel

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 01:31:26AM +1000, Aquila wrote: > It is a little different, Debian has this package called > "kernel-package" (apt-get install it) which contains a script called > "make-kpkg" to create debian packages from kernel source. Yes, I fully agree. Kernel-package is great. Plea

Re: Compiling same kernel

It is a little different, Debian has this package called "kernel-package" (apt-get install it) which contains a script called "make-kpkg" to create debian packages from kernel source. The usual procedure is this: - download the kernel source for 2.2.17 - unpack it into /usr/src/linux-2.2.17 - cre

Compiling same kernel

Hi, 6 months ago I bought the binaries for debian linux 2.2.17. It works fine but I want to compile the kernel to add support for sound which doesn't seem to be there. The binaries didn't come with the source so I've downloaded that. My question now is: what is the safest method to compile the ke