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Kernel compile problems

I am trying to compile my own kernel, I am using the instruction from here:

http://www.cyon.org.uk/index.php/ubu...on-for-newbies

I have downloaded a vanilla 2.6.14 kernel

At the back of the doc where it tells you do how to compile a vanilla kernel it says

sudo tar –bzip2 -xvf linux-source-2.6.12.tar.bz2 /usr/src (use the name of the file you downloaded)

So I typed

mit@sun:~/kernel$ sudo tar -bzip2 -xvf linux-2.6.14.tar.bz2 /usr/src/linux-2.6.14

And I get the following error

tar: zip2: Invalid blocking factor

Any pointers where I am going wrong???

Thanks

Tim

A 'man tar' says:

Code:

-j, --bzip2

filter archive through bzip2, use to decompress .bz2 files

So it seems you are missing a dash in front of the bzip2 option.

edit: mace beat me to it

Or you can just move it to /usr/src and untar it there

Code:

sudo mv linux-2.6.14.tar.bz2 /usr/src/

cd /usr/src

tar xvfj linux-2.6.14.tar.bz2

rm linux

ln -s linux-2.6.14 linux

cd /usr/src/linux

make menuconfig

You may have to use sudo with each command, not sure, I don't like sudo

Thanks guys will give it a go and let you know

Tim