On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Bonez wrote: > Lonni: > > I am sure this appears really lame, but I followed the link below, found > three directories, with various 2.4.20 CVS files, all aimed at patching the > 2.4.20 kernel for XFS. However, when I bunzip them, they didn't bear a .patch > extension, but just -i386 instead. I copied the xfs-2.4.20-all-i386 file into > my kernel source directory, and ran patch -p1 xfs-2.4.20-all-i386, and of > course nothing happened.
The patch command requires at least two parameters: 1) The file(s) with the patch 2) A directive of what to patch You didn't provide #2, so its waiting, very patiently, for that information before it can proceed. For a reason unknown to me, the XFS folks wrote their patchfile so that it expects your pristine source to be in a '2.4.20' directory. A simple workaround is to create a symlink, 2.4.20 that points to wherever you put the kernel source. You then envoke the patch from a level _above_ the 2.4.20 dir, like so: patch -p0 < xfs-2.4.20-all-i386 This should do the trick. Please reply to the list if you have additional questions. Keeping this in private email between the two of us, isn't helping anyone else. > > I thank you for holding my hand through this. I am going to be a firm > believer and user of XFS if I can just get it working on my system here. > > Thank You, > > Scott > > On Tuesday 24 December 2002 15:27, you wrote: > > ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/patches > > > > On 12/24/02 09:22, Bonez wrote: > > > Lonni: > > > > > > I don't mean to sound brain dead, but WHERE exactly is the 2.4.20 patch? > > > I go to your site, and look to the help files there, and it says it was > > > last updated 18 April 2002. > > > > > > I will gladly get the newest patch if you can point the way. > > > > > > On Tuesday 24 December 2002 09:43, you wrote: > > >> On 12/24/02 06:10, Bonez wrote: > > >> > Lonni: > > >> > > > >> > I am trying to patch my 2.4.20 kernel using the 2.4.18 xfs patch. > > >> > > >> Why? Use the 2.4.20 patch, that's why its there. > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
