Re: kernel 2.0.36 question update
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Peter Paluch wrote:
> Hello,
> ======
>
> > I just discovered that when I uncompressed 2.2.1 tarball, it installed to
> > the linux dir which was a symlink to my 2.0.36 dir, so I guess that is the
> > major problem.
>
> ;-) Yes, that surely caused a perfect mess.
>
> > Still, how do I apply to patch for kernel 2.2.1?
>
> Assuming from your previous mail you have patch in bz2 format. You have to
> use bunzip2 (not simply bunzip) to unpack the patch - maybe you should
> install the bzip2 package. Then go to /usr/src directory, and issue this
> command
>
> patch -p1 < your_decompressed_patch_file
If you use the patch-kernel script it will handle bz2. Put the
patch-2.2.1.bz2 file in /usr/src and issue:
linux/scripts/patch-kernel
Bob
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