Re: Which Kernel?

[Paul Miller <pmiller@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

Alan Tam wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>         Use the latest kernel 2.2.1 at http://www.kernel.org which supports shared
> parallel ports.
> 
>         The program which compiles the kernel under Hamm is gcc make which is
> included in the Hamm packages, that means you don't have to download newer
> versions of software.
> 
>         I am new to Linux as well, my answer may not be right.

Mostly right, you need a couple more packages. Get the kernel-package
package. Use it to compile your new kernels into a .deb file and install
it with dpkg. By selecting this package, it will come up and tell you
all the other packages you need to compile a kernel source.

Hope this helps,
Paul Miller
pmiller@jove.acs.unt.edu

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