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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