Re: dselect and downloading kernel

[Growler <growler@netmeeting.net>]

D-Select will ONLY install Debian packages (.deb). The Kernel upgrades
are source code (compressed into a tgz).

To install :
download the latest kernel from ftp.kernel.org -
ftp://ftp.uk.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.1.tar.gz should
get it.

copy it into the /usr/src directory. Use GZIP on it (gzip -d
linux-2.2.1.tar.gz) then untar it (tar -xpvf linux-2.2.1.tar).
go into the linux dir it's extracted itself into and vi the README file.

Follow the instructions in there, and you will get your new kernel.

NOTE: instead of running 'make config' when it asks you to I advise
using 'make menuconfig' as it is much easier to use.

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Jonathan Oddy
jonathan@netmeeting.net