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Re: Quickie Kernel question



Nope. You can do this:

apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17

That will install a bzipped file in /usr/src which you can unzip with

tar Ixvf <filename>

Believe me - been there, done that, SEVERAL times in the last week.

john

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Tim Jump wrote:

> My apologies if this is an rtfm situation, but I haven't been able to 
> find the answer in my all-too-brief search.
> 
> Do I need to download the kernel-headers package to compile a 
> new version of the kernel?  What the heck is that for, anyway?
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
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