On Thu, 09 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> I am downloading the latest kernel (2.2.12) from kernel.org. I am
> putting it on a MDK 6.0 system that has 2.2.9-27mdk on it. When I untar &
> bzip it will it won't overwrite the other kernel will it? Will it put it in
> /usr/src/linux/2.2.12? When I go to build the kernel I need to go to the
> directory with the version of the kernel I want to build to run xconfig and
> all don't I not just /usr/src/linux right? Is there a argument I need to
> add to put things in the correct place or can I use kpackage? I don't know
> much about tar.
>
You probably have a symlink to /usr/src/linux which points
to 2.2.9-27. The tarball *will* overwrite 2.2.9-27 files.
John