Re: how to compile sarge kernel 2.4.27-2

["Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much)" <sumo.wrestler.0rj82m+no.spam.abuse@earthlink.net>]

Serena Cantor wrote:
> --- Robert Kopp <iconoklastic@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
> > --- "Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much)"
> > <sumo.wrestler.0rj82m+no.spam.abuse@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Serena Cantor wrote:
> > > > I want to customize sarge kernel 2.4.27-2, so I
> > > > install kernel-build-2.4.27-2, then 
> > > > [...]
> > > > scripts/Configure: line 556:
> > arch/i386/config.in:
> > > No
> > > > such file or directory
> > > > make: *** [config] Error 1
> > > >
> > > > What's wrong? Your reply will be appreciated!
> > > It sounds like you need the kernel-source.
> > Yes. The /usr/src directory should have a
> > "linux"-like
> > subdirectory. 
> >
> > Robert "Tim" Kopp
> > http://analytic.tripod.com/
> Thanks! I installed kernel-source-2.4.27, it did not
> help.
>

You have to configure the source after you've installed it. Read the 
README file in the source directory. You'll probably want to copy your 
old config file to .config (in that directory) and do "make oldconfig".