Re: dselect and downloading kernel
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, ktb wrote:
>
> Is there an easier way to do what I'm trying to do? This is my first
> attempt at compiling a kernel. I thought I would go ahead and try 2.2.1
> instead of the one I have 2.0.34. It was my understanding that dselect
> would download, place the new kernel in the right directory and take
> care of some linkage issues. Anyway if this can't be done I think I'll
> just stick to the kernel I have for the time being.
dselect only understands Debian packages, I don't think ftp.kernel.org has
any Debian packages. So it's just getting thoroughly confused by what
you're doing. You need to download one of the Debian kernel-source
packages from ftp.debian.org or a mirror.
Havoc
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