* a a [linux-india] <09/06/01 23:02 -0700>:
 
> I wanted to know whether I was compiling the kernel
> correctly. 
> This is what I do. I copy the downloaded tar file into
> some directory. Then untar it. Move to that directory
> and do "make xconfig" and so on...

Fine.  There should be a file called "README" in the kernel source tree -
read it :)

> Basically is there a requirement that I rename the
> original /usr/lib into something else and then untar
> the kernel there ??

Why do you want to untar the kernels in /usr/lib?  Put it in some directory
or the other, maybe /usr/src, or /home/your-user-name/build/ or whatever.

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian  <-->  mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin


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