Re: [PLUG] Help with source after kernel update

[LeRoy Cressy <ldc@netaxs.com>]

Rupert Heesom wrote:
> 

> I'm really not sure what the /usr/src directory is supposed to look
> like.  Currently mine looks like -
> 
> -rw-rw-r--    1 root     root     18130021 Feb  8 20:44
> kernel-source-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm
> drwxr-xr-x   15 523      523          4096 Feb  9 12:07 linux
> drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Feb  2 13:38 linux-2.2.14
> drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root         4096 Feb  9 03:00 linux-2.2.17
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root     17561308 Feb  9 12:06
> linux-2.2.17.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root     19090206 Feb  2 13:41
> linux-2.2.18.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root     24644981 Feb  2 13:36
> linux-2.4.1.tar.gz
> drwxr-xr-x    7 root     root         4096 Jul 22  2000 redhat
> 
> .....Looks a bit of a mess to me.   Would you mind advising on how I
> should organise this....what to delete / install, etc?
> 

I personally like to make directories for various major kernel sources
like on ftp://ftp.kernel.org.

so I create v2.2 and v2.4 directories using mkdir

Move the tar file to the appropriate directory and unpack it.

	mv linux-2.2.18.tar.gz v2.2/
	cd v2.2
	tar -xvzf linux-2.2.18.tar.gz ## this will unpack the gzipped tar file
##
	cd linux
	make menuconfig  ## for console
	make xconfig     ## for x windows

You should also read the readme file for instructions.  Now not everyone
makes major kernel source directories but I like to.  Also before
compiling the kernel you should know your hardware.  Another option is
that you can put the kernel source in /usr/local/src/linux/v2.?/





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