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Old 03-13-2004, 05:41 PM   #1
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Installing Kernel


Hi,

I downloaded the latest kernel, 2.6.4 today, a total of 40'sh mb,
and extracted it to /usr/src

however, first thing to do is run 'make menuconfig'. failed to work.
infact, i ran a search through the directories and sub directories and found
no file called menuconfig.

have i downloaded the wrong version?

can someone give me the exact link to the correct version for i386 please.


Thanks
 
Old 03-13-2004, 06:07 PM   #2
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make menuconfig will just take the .config file and put it in menu form...........
what directories are in /usr/src/
 
Old 03-13-2004, 08:33 PM   #3
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you just extracted the linux-2.6.4.tar.bz2
after that you do
ln -s linux-2.6.4 linux
than cd linux
than make menuconfig
 
Old 03-13-2004, 08:45 PM   #4
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ok, i put the linux-2.6.4.tar.gz file in my /usr/src directory.
ran tar -zxvf linux-2.6.4.tar.gz

had to apt-get install make and apt-get intall gcc also.
when i run make config i get the following:

scripts/fixdep.c:97 sys.types.h: no such file or directory
scripts/fixdep.c:98 sys.types.h: no such file or directory
scripts/fixdep.c:99 sys.types.h: no such file or directory
scripts/fixdep.c:100 sys.types.h: no such file or directory
scripts/fixdep.c:101 sys.types.h: no such file or directory
scripts/fixdep.c:102 sys.types.h: no such file or directory
scripts/fixdep.c:103 sys.types.h: no such file or directory
scripts/fixdep.c:104 sys.types.h: no such file or directory
in file included from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/include/syslimits.h:7.
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/include/limits.h:11,
from scripts/fixdep.c:105:
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/include.limits.h:117: limits.h: no such file or directory
scripts/fixdep.c:106 ctype.h: no such file or directory
scripts/fixdep.c:107 netinet/in.h: no such file or directory
make[1]: *** [scripts/fixdep] Error 1
make: *** [scripts/fixdep] Error 2

in usr/src/linux-2.6.4, i have the following directories:

DOCUMENTATION
arch
crypto
drivers
fs
include
init
ipc
kernel
lib
mm
net
scripts
security
sound
usr
 
  


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