According to Paul Clyne: While burning my CPU.
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> Good listers,
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> Please help a newbie install a kernel patch. I know I'm close, but I'm
> getting confused..
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> I'm running RH 5.2 with kernel 2.2.1 (does that make it _almost_ RH6 ?, what
> are the differences ??). RH5 is the distro version and 2.2.1 is the LINUX
kernel version number.
I downloaded patch-2.2.2.gz and moved it into
> /usr/src. Using gunzip, I get patch-2.2.2 (no suprises so far)..
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> Then using 'patch -i patch-2.2.2' I get the following messages
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patch -p0 -s <patch-2.2.2
Another way is not to unzip but to use.
gzip -cd patch-2.2.2.gz | patch -p0 -s
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> I've read the man pages but I still don't get it.. PLEASE help. What am I
> doing wrong ?
Basicly nothing wrong, its just you did not give patch its "required
arguments".
> Thanks in advance..
>
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Regards Richard.
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