There's pretty much no reason to do that... Use stock dpkg'ed kernels. ~Ben
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: > I was thinking that I would compile my kermel from source. Where do I get > the modules and other stuff I need? > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Ben Browning <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You had me worried too so we are even :) >> >> -Ben >> >> On Dec 4, 2011 12:13 AM, "Michael Havens" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Ben.... you had me worried for a second there! >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Ben Browning <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It goes against everything I hold dear to bring this back from >>>> perversion to geekery, but Michael I thought you meant the actual kernel, >>>> not the package containing the kernel... The packages will have everything >>>> you need if they install properly. >>>> >>>> -Ben >>>> >>>> On Dec 3, 2011 10:51 PM, "Eric Cope" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Especially if it's really compressed... >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 3, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Jim March <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > Remember never to unzip in public. >>>>> > >>>>> > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Eric Cope <[email protected]> >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >> Yep, to unzip, just include the same option. As an FYI, gzip is more >>>>> >> common, especially on older installations, but bzip is better at >>>>> >> compression. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Eric >>>>> >> >>>>> >> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> >>>>> >> wrote: >>>>> >>> Thank you Eric. I was unclear through the man page the process of >>>>> >>> decompressing. It seems that I would just include the same option >>>>> >>> (j/z). Is >>>>> >>> this correct? >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> >>>>> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> huh? I did do it like I did the first. >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> sudo dpkg -i *_all.deb linux-headers*386.deb linux-image* >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> Those were as the instructions said to do it (I did add the wild >>>>> >>>> cards). >>>>> >>>> What else do I need to do to install the modules and other things? >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Ben Browning >>>>> >>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> thYou should reine manbstall the second kernel like you did the >>>>> >>>>> first... >>>>> >>>>> The method you have used will not have modules and other things >>>>> >>>>> that you >>>>> >>>>> need. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -Ben >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 3, 2011 6:48 PM, "Michael Havens" <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I made my first tar file just a few minutes ago! I wanted to put >>>>> >>>>>> the >>>>> >>>>>> new kernel on the other machine too because from what I've read >>>>> >>>>>> the 3.x.x >>>>> >>>>>> version of the kernel does all sorts of nice things. One of >>>>> >>>>>> those nice >>>>> >>>>>> things is that it automatically defragments now. What other >>>>> >>>>>> nice things >>>>> >>>>>> have you discovered about it? >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Anyways, there i go off on another tangent....As I was saying, >>>>> >>>>>> what I >>>>> >>>>>> did is combined the three files together (with another with >>>>> >>>>>> instructions to >>>>> >>>>>> install it) with tar and emailed it to myself with the command: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> tar cjf 3.1.4.tar.zip * >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> So let's open this up to discussion. 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