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hi, i really need urgent help on this one.
the problem is this.
i have to install 2.4.22pre6
i have 2.4.20 - 19.9.
what do i have to do? apply only the patch? or get the latest linux kernel,which is 2.4.21, and apply the patch to that, and then build that?
if i have to apply the patch :
1. do i need to get the 2.4.21 patch and apply it as well, or will the 2.4.22 be enuff?
2. do i have to compile the whole thing from scratch after applying the patch?
if someone could be kind enough to give a step-by-step of what i should be doing, i wud be most thankful.
im getting stuck even at where i should place the kernel, as i dont know what exactly i should be doing here.
You need the previous full release to add a prepatch.
So you need to down load 2.4.21 source complete.
and unpack it into /usr/src
You Then need to set a symlink in /usr/src/ called linux linking to your new directory. You then need to apply the patch to the source and compile the new kernel. Installl and run it.
The latest for 22 is 2.4.22-rc2 by the way pre6 has quite a few bugs.
aha thnx guys - i got the 2.4.21 source. and the rc2 patch
can u also tell me this -
since /usr/src has permissions for root only, and since i want to place everything in /usr/src, and only do a "make install" as root, how do i set permissions.
do i need to make a new group and add myself to it? and how would i do this (i havent set permissions b4)? or can/should i add myself under the "root" group for this? uhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
lookin_lost - yes, the 2.4.20 im runnin is via up2date. but i need to compile my own kernel - hence ...
leonscape - thnx for the link. im already saturated with reading on all this. i wanna take a break, but dammit, i have to get this thing done now - so, no break!
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