Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-20 Thread Pete Harlan
E kernel-image package offer the option of copying the kernel to the E place loadlin expects it in your setup? I would figure that ... There is no real standard place where loadlin users keep the images; and any hardwired solution is unlikely to satisfy more than a ...

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Pete == Pete Harlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pete Isn't there a config file in /etc? I accept the defaults when Pete installing my custom-made kernel packages, but even there it would be Pete easier if I could specify it once in the conf file. This should make Pete the loadlin people

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-20 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Hi, E == E L Meijer \(Eric\) E.L. writes: E Being lazy myself, I have a feature request on behalf of all the (lazy) E loadlin users. Would it be possible to have the newly created E kernel-image package offer the option of copying the kernel to the E place loadlin expects it in your

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-19 Thread Ed Cogburn
Mark Panzer wrote: Question, Apt is supposed to be a better replacement for dselect/dpkg right? Can you install it on a HAMM system, and if so how? I guess I kinda got left behind on the Apt thing. Does Apt use the same .deb's as dselect? Also what is the proper way to compile and

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Ed == Ed Cogburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ed'make-kpkg' is supposed to be the Debian Way(TM), although, being lazy, Ed I still go the old zlilo/zImage route. That is surprising; make-kpkg has been designed for the truly lazy ;-) These are really the steps I take

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-19 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Manoj wrote: These are really the steps I take (one is supposed to read the docs, but since I wrote 'em, I skip that step ;-) __ For the Brave and the impatient: 1% cd kernel source tree 2% make config # or

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, E == E L Meijer \(Eric\) E.L. writes: E Being lazy myself, I have a feature request on behalf of all the (lazy) E loadlin users. Would it be possible to have the newly created E kernel-image package offer the option of copying the kernel to the E place loadlin expects it in your setup?

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-19 Thread Mark Panzer
Ed Cogburn wrote: Mark Panzer wrote: Question, Apt is supposed to be a better replacement for dselect/dpkg right? Can you install it on a HAMM system, and if so how? I guess I kinda got left behind on the Apt thing. Does Apt use the same .deb's as dselect? Also what is the

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-19 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Hi, | E == E L Meijer \(Eric\) E.L. writes: | | E Being lazy myself, I have a feature request on behalf of all the (lazy) | E loadlin users. Would it be possible to have the newly created | E kernel-image package offer the option of copying the

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-19 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 11:14:37AM -0500, Mark Panzer wrote: Ed Cogburn wrote: Mark Panzer wrote: Question, Apt is supposed to be a better replacement for dselect/dpkg right? Can you install it on a HAMM system, and if so how? I guess I kinda got left behind on the Apt

Apt how, why, where

1998-08-18 Thread Mark Panzer
Question, Apt is supposed to be a better replacement for dselect/dpkg right? Can you install it on a HAMM system, and if so how? I guess I kinda got left behind on the Apt thing. Does Apt use the same .deb's as dselect? Also what is the proper way to compile and install a kernel in debian?

Re: Apt how, why, where

1998-08-18 Thread Shaleh
Apt does work in Hamm. The package is in slink. In the base dir if I recall. Once installed you use the apt method in dselect rather than ftp or CD. All there is to it. As for kernels, grab the kernel package. This has a script called make-kpkg. This will create Debian style kernel