Re: kernel 2.2.2 newbie question
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Dale L . Morris wrote:
> Ok, I want to install kernel 2.2.17. I have done that with 2.2.16 and
> I understand that part. I'm confused about the debian way to do
> it. Before I just downloaded 2.2.16 from www.kernel.org, untarred it
> to /usr/src and compiled it. But, going to www.kernel.org now, there
> is no 2.2.17 kernel to download. The only place I find it is on debian
> ftp. So do I just execute 'apt-get install kernel-image 2.2.17' then
> do the same for kernel-package, after which I go to the /usr/src
> directory and compile it as I did with 2.2.16? (After my confusion
> over release numbers I would hate to botch this..)
>
> thanks
>
>
>
> Sven Burgener (svenb@bluewin.ch) wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 12:01:12PM -0700, Dale L . Morris wrote:
> > > That's what I'm confused about, I am thinking, perhaps in error that
> > > 2.2.2 is a later version than 2.2.16. Is that wrong?
> >
> > Yes, 2 is smaller than 16. It's not ".20" versus ".16".
> >
> > Regards
> > Sven
>
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Have a look at the User Manual and look at the section about rolling your own
kernel (Section 8.5). You basically either install the kernel-source package
or you can use the source from Linus (www.kernel.org). Then you can install
the kernel-package and build your kernel using make-kpkg. Also you can look
at the documentation at /usr/share/doc/kernel-package. You will also need
some other things like fakeroot, etc. When you are all done you will have you
very own kernel-image .deb file. Then you can do 'dpkg -i
kernel-image<your version>.deb'. Have fun ;).
Dan
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