Re: image vs. source

[Nyk Tarr <nyk@giantx.co.uk>]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 05:36:53PM -0500, Drew Cohan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I installed Debian 3.0r0 via floppy.  I used the 2.2.20-idepci 2.2.20-5
> version.  Now I need to add/change some kernel options.  Where is the
> kernel source for this version?  Can I use the non-idepci kernel source?
> These are the packages I find on debian.org:
> 
>  
> 
> kernel-source-2.2.20 2.2.20-5
> 
> kernel-headers-2.2.20-idepci 2.2.20-5
> 
> kernel-image-2.2.20-idepci 2.2.20-5
> 
>                               
> 
> Will someone please tell me what I need to download to change/add kernel
> features and recompile.

It's not 100% obvious, I know, but apt-get install kernel-package and
read /usr/share/kernel-package/README and get a source from deb (idepci
etc. are subsets of the kernel - source is the whole thing), or better
(IMO), from ftp.kernel.org, try 2.4.19 - download the tar.bz file
and 
tar -xvjf *.tar.bz
cp /boot/*.config linux/.config
cd linux
make menuconfig

and play around!

hth

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