RE: stupid question

["Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net>]

Quoting Armands Upmalis <mole@one.lv>:

> If U want the kernel form debian, then apt-cache search kernel-source | grep
> x.x (x.x is the number of kernel), when U are found the latest kernel U want,
> then reconfigure, rebuild the kernel...U can get aslo the newest kernel form
> http://www.kernel.org!!!
> 
> uncompress the new kernel in /usr/src, then follow tje steps:
> ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-U-downloaded /usr/src/linux
<SNIP>

I forgot one other thing.  According to Linus, you should never make the
/usr/src/linux symlink (unless you are a glibc developer), and you should
compile the kernel in your home directory:

http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Kernel/usr-src-linux-symlink.html

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
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