Slackware Kernel
 

can someone please help me ... how do i install slackware so that the kernel install with it ? and where do i find it cause it is not on the place where everyone sais it is ...

and how do i install it if it is not there ...

thanx in advance

:newbie:

When a kernel is not installed, he system won't boot. Do you mean kernel source?

yes ... that whot i meant really ... sorry for the miss information ... everyone sais it is supposed to be /usr/scr/arc or /usr/scr/include or something like that ... i am trying to install vmware ... i get everything to work fine except to say where my kernel header or sourse or whotever....

i know when i installed my nvidia driver it ask to compile a kernel files or something and i pointed it to /usr/include and it compiled from my kernel source ...

i downloaded from kernel web site kernel tar file matching my kernel ... kernel 2.4.20, sys i686 [ELF] ... i pointed my stuff to where i untarred the kernel but now luck ...

that's about it ...

thanx for the reply .... :)

:newbie: :Pengy:

/usr/src/linux probably. It's usually a symlink. If /usr/include worked with nvidia driver, it should work also for vmware. Point it to /usr/include. The kernel starndard location is /usr/src/linux. Look if you have the directory and if it's empty. If it is, you may unpack the tar file here. But you shouldn't need it.

If you are runing Slack 9 and intalled from the ISO the kernel source was not included since space was limited. You must download it first. The easiest way to do this is to download the kernel package from here http://www.slackware.com/pb/?vers=slackware-9.0&set=k . Then run pkgtool to automatically intall it in /usr/src/linux.

hay ... i got it right !!!

BIG THANX U ALL !!!!! 2 thumbs up !!

:) :) :) :) :)

had a few probs after i got the kernel and did the pkg tool thing ... vmware was complaining bout linux, asm and net not being there even thought it was the right folder /usr/include ...

all i did was make simlinks to the 3 and voila ... VMWARE ON SLACKWARE !!!!!!!!!!!! and my graphics compiled from there and is running better than ever ... !!!!!

hmmm ... so whots next ! hehehehe ....