>
> Hello everyone!
>
> I ran into a problem last night (I think) trying to download the new kernel.
> I was going to update my home machine and had to download the kernel to my
> NT machine at work. On downloading, Internet Explorer was telling me I was
> downloading the 12.5 Meg file at about 62kbps. Totally impossible since we
> only have 2 channels of a T1 for data. I just ignored it thinking Explorer
> wasn't reporting the proper speed or file size. But, when I was done, the
> kernel was sitting in a folder and taking up 52 Megs of space! I later
> burned the kernel (and a whole lot of other stuff) to a CD-ROM and the
> kernel was still taking up 52 megs of space. Did I do something wrong here?
>
> I could try downloading it to one of the linux machines here, but I'm
> curious as to why downloading the kernel is so weird on my NT machine.
> Repeated attempts to download (always with IE4) have always resulted in
> downloading a "52 Meg" kernel.
>
> Any enlightenment would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott.
>
When you untarred/ziped it, what was in the "52 Meg" kernel? Was it all
source, or was it a binary kernel (I know it sounds weird to download a
binary kernel, but I've seen pre-compiled kernels in rpm format)
Was anything else included in the tar ball, like say the complete
transcript to war and peace, in 5 differant launages? :)
After it was expanded how much space did it take up then? Did the tarball
take up 52 megs of space when your transfered it over to your linux
server?
What site did you download it from? On the ftp server you downloaded it
from, did it report the size on the server as 52 megs?
Do a ls -alr > allfiles in the root directory where you dumped it out
under, check that file then to see exactly what else you may have gotten
with your kernel
hope that helps
