Installing kernel sources on alternative partition problem

[Kieren Diment <kieren@mailandnews.com>]

Hi there,

I have a slightly obscure problem recompiling my potato 
kernel-source-2.2.17 on a P100 laptop.

I have a disk space problem and therefore tried to unpack the kernel
sources on my other partition, which is a now redundant vfat partition
that had win 95 on it.  

When I extract the tarball, I get the following error message:  

tar: kernel-source-2.2.17/include/asm: Cannot create symlink to asm-i386':
Operation not permitted
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors


And when I make menuconfig
rm -f include/asm
( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
ln: cannot create symbolic link asm' to asm-i386': Operation not permitted
make: *** [symlinks] Error 1

If anyone has a work around I would be really greatful to hear it.

The kernel sources seem to have bloated somewhat since slink as I
never had this disk space problem then...

And if anyone has any experience configuring a ESS1888 sound card to
work I would be really please to hear from you.

Kieren