kernel compilation
 

i am trying to patch my kernel (2.4.19-9mdk) to 2.4.20 (and farther) i am following the guide found at www.digitalhermit.com/linux/kernel.html and get to the point where i cd to /usr/src/ and use the command patch -p1 < patch01 (patch-2.4.20)

[root@localhost src]# patch -p1 < patch-2.4.20
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
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|diff -urN linux-2.4.19/CREDITS linux-2.4.20/CREDITS
|--- linux-2.4.19/CREDITS Fri Aug 2 17:39:42 2002
|+++ linux-2.4.20/CREDITS Thu Nov 28 15:53:08 2002
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thats what i get in the command line....what am i doing wrong?

-thanks

Do you have a patch for *mdk kernel? Mandrake kernel isn't a pure 2.4.19 one, there are some patches applied, so it may not work with a patch designed for 2.4.19. Try with a full 2.4.20 source: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...2.4.20.tar.bz2 (26MB).

Speaking of that.
Is there any info of what patches are used for stock kernels for RH, Mandy, SuSE maybe......?
I know kernel with Slackware comes as is on kernel.org

okay so the guide only talks about adding patches how is it different with replacing the entire kernel? or can you point me to a guide for doing that

Not very different. You just download the full source, save it in /usr/losal/src/linux-2.4.20, for example and you just leave out the '2.4 Install the Kernel Sources' section from your guide. The rest is the same.

thanks a lot