-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 22:23, anton wrote: > hey thanks, > I did manage to find the readme... but there are some rather > unfathomable things such as the following... > > INSTALLING the kernel: > > - If you install the full sources, put the kernel tarball in a > directory where you have permissions (eg. your home directory) and > unpack it: > > gzip -cd linux-2.6.XX.tar.gz | tar xvf -
If you download the tar.bz2 file, then you will need to use bzip2 -cd linux.... Or you can just use 'tar zjvf linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2' > > Replace "XX" with the version number of the latest kernel. > > Do NOT use the /usr/src/linux area! This area has a (usually > incomplete) set of kernel headers that are used by the library header > files. They should match the library, and not get messed up by > whatever the kernel-du-jour happens to be. > > but then it says: > > BUILD directory for the kernel: > > When compiling the kernel all output files will per default be > stored together with the kernel source code. > Using the option "make O=output/dir" allow you to specify an alternate > place for the output files (including .config). > Example: > kernel source code: /usr/src/linux-2.6.N > build directory: /home/name/build/kernel > > So where do I extract it to? my Home? or /usr/src/? Where do I build it? > Does it matter? It doesn't matter (much). I just compiled the kernel in my home directory. What the first comment above it saying is not to put the kernel in /usr/src/ linux/, better is to put it in /usr/src/linux-2.6.0/ and symbolic link it to linux when all is ready (some programs will not like you changing it). > > I am also going to try and compile with gcc 3.2.stg. I see that it is > "better" to compile with 2.95.3 but have no idea how to install that > alongside 3.2.stg and so will just chance it i suppose... > Thanks and any hints welcome. > Cheers > Anton I compiled using gcc 3.3.3 (Debian unstable). I haven't run my kernel yet. Some people have reported some problems with gcc 3.3. Make sure you compile in IDE support and the root FS type. Later Lee, off to try his 2.6.0 kernel - -- PGP key: 0xB77923D9 Finger Print: AF27 65AC DC4C 473C EDFB 3E60 A401 C657 B779 23D9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/4swvpAHGV7d5I9kRAv6BAJ9EP/o7luMZi6TAHGOuB24E1705kACfayVZ LhSG65pyTKFrkj8YdF9bXQ4= =n4OT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
