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Re: dselect and downloading kernel




Havoc Pennington wrote:

> 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.

OK I took a look at ftp.debian.org and I see no kernel package.  Where would I find a
deb 2.2.1 package?  I found a kernel package at ftp://ftp.netgod.net/linux/v2.2/ but
can dselect can't handle this?  I've looked all over the debian site, I can't believe
it isn't listed there.
Thanks,
Kent



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