Re: where is my kernel source?

[ktb <xyf@inetnebr.com>]

Marlon Urias wrote:
> 
> After going through pppconfig (after a fresh install of Debian 2.1) I
> tried pon and got a error message about my kernel not supporting ppp.
> So I head on over to /usr/src/linux to run make xconfig but alas, /usr/src
> only has a dir named linux-x.y.z.headers (or something close). I was under
> the impression that /usr/src/linux always existed. How can I reconfigure
> my kernel under these circumstances? Do I need to download the source? Am
> I looking in the right place? Help. Thank you.  marlon

My Slink had no /usr/src/linux.  /usr/src contained
'kernel-headers-2.0.36/' and 'kernel-source-2.0.36/'  I just moved to
the "kernel-source-2.0.36/" directory and compiled the kernel.  I later
unpacked the 2.2.1 kernel expecting it to create a 'linux' directory
with link like in Hamm.  It didn't.  I moved to the 2.2.1 source
directory compiled and am now capable of booting two different linux
kernels.  I have no idea if this is the correct way or what, it just
works.
hth,
kent