>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
Is this because of the symlink? Can I remove the symlink so it wont
overwrite the 2.2.9-27? If this does work do I need to make a new one to
the sources I want to compile? Why is the link there? ?s?s?s
Thanks,
Aaron Winters, Electronic Imaging Manager.
Garner Printing, http://camalott.com/~garner
http://camalott.com/~kaw
