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Re: reiserfs



On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 18:16, Vivek Kumar wrote:
> Thanks..It may sound stupid but I am new to Linux so pardon me.. You
> compiled your own kernel. When I install with apt-get command the kernel
> gets compiled by itself (corrent me if I am wrong). Now can you
> recompile based on your need if yes then how OR how can you get the
> kernel-image and compile it.
> 
> Thanks
> 

Using apt-get the kernels are precompiled, they are not compiled when
downloaded.
To compile yourself you need to get the kernel-source package or
download source from www.kernel.org

> Vivek
> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 10:44, Rohan Nicholls wrote:
> > At 27 Oct 2003 11:23:36 -0500,
> > Vivek Kumar wrote:
> > > 
> > > Thnks for your help Rohan. 
> > 
> > No problem.:-D
> > > I am going to try what you said. Meanwhile I
> > > installed kernel-iamge-2.4.18-386 ( I got this solution from one of the
> > > knowledgebase at Debian).
> > > I did apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-386. It installed the image
> > > and asked me to add initrd=/initrd.img in lilo.conf file. I did that and
> > > reboot the box. I tried to mount the reiserfs filesytem and it was
> > > mounted. GREAT!!! But now my netowrk inteface is not coming up. I tried
> > > ifup command but itsays that it cannot find the module eth0. Somehow my
> > > netowrking got messed up now.
> > > Any Suggestion.
> > 
> > I have also had problems with the precompiled kernels, just happened
> > that he options I needed didn't fit the options made with the kernel,
> > so I quickly ended up compiling my own, and haven't looked back.  Now
> > it is the first thing I do when I install a new system.  So I am sorry
> > I can't help you with the binary packages, however it looks like there
> > are quite a few responses already.:-D
> > 
> > Good luck, and I hope you are enjoying debian, personally I love it.
> > 
> > rohan
> > 
> > 
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> Vivek Kumar
> System Administrator (AIX & LINUX)
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