Aargh! Why doesn't Reply go to the list aswell...

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> From:         Maurice Hendrix
> Sent:         19 August 1999 10:01
> To:   'Jackall Linuxfreak'
> Subject:      RE: Also kernel compiling probs...->kernel 2.2.11
> 
> 
> 
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> From:         Jackall Linuxfreak[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:         18 August 1999 17:19
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc:   'Van de Voorde Jeroen'; '@MailingList: Linux-Newbie'
> Subject:      Re: Also kernel compiling probs...->kernel 2.2.11
> 
> * Maurice Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > > Now, ls -al /lib/modules/`uname -r`/* | grep -e "-rw-r--r--" | wc -l
> > >     gives 253, minus one is 252
> > > 
> > You have counted *all* modules for *all* kernels. In /lib/modules there
> is a
> > subdirectory for each seperate version of the kernel containing the
> modules
> > that were built for that specific kernel.
> 
> Umm, excuse me, but take another look at that ls command line.
> Specifically,
> the part about `uname -r`.  Now, don't you think that would expand to his
> current kernel?  Say "yes".  This means that he has only counted the
> modules
> that are in his current kernel, not every kernel.
> 
> Oops. You're right. I guess I missed that one.
> > /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/<something_I_forgot>/bzImage
> 
> The "<something_I_forgot>" is "boot", as in...
>       /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
> Guess I had a bad day, huh? Memory leaks and a buggy visual acuity system
> ;-)
> 
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