Hi,

I upgrade my kernel 2.4.40 to 2.4.21 but now I would like to compile my own. Also I have kernel-source-2.4.21 noarch.tgz in /usr/src. In order to create linux, what command do i have to use to untar?



thanks

tar -zxvf filename

tar -zxvf tarball.tgz

Edit : Oh well, I was too slow.

Thanks for your quicik answer, but I have this situation

after untar..

install/
and usr/
if I am in /usr/src my linux-2.4.21 will be located
/usr/src/usr/src/linux-2.4.21

This is right?

Eh? Installpkg, anyone?

I think you have got kernel sources from slackware sites not from kernel.org. Then you have to installpkg kernel-sources[TAB][Enter] in the dir where your source file is. Or if you have problems with unpacking files, then go to this page: http://debianguiden.dk/dists/stable/html/tar.html

Well, he asked a specific question. Didn't want to get all off-topic and stuff.

No, the path should be /usr/src/linux-2.4.21, just move manually should be fine.

True. But since he stated that he had Volkerding's release (i.e. a prepatched source in the Slackware package format), I figured it would be a better idea to install as intended. That would automagically take care of placing everything in the correct directories, as well as creating a symlink. Simplicity is bliss.

Hi, thanks again,

I had untared kernel-source-2.4.21-noarch-1.tgz in /usr/src. when I do
'ls' this is the print out
install
usr/
rpm
Then i do cd install and then 'ls' and i have two filies: doinst.sh and slack-desc
in doinst.sh i found the following command
(cd usr/src : rm -rf linux)
( cd usr/src : ln -sf linux-2.4.21 linux )
(cd usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include : rm -rf asm)
(cd usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include : ln -sf asm-i386 asm)

Let me tell you that i had upgrade my kernel 2.4.20 to 2.4.21. but I do not remember how i did it. (one night i found it in google a site and followed the instructions, but i forgot to take notes. Now I am taking notes), Right now my system is workingvery well but i would like to have my own kernel. At the same time, I do not want to mess up my system if something goes wrong.
Pllease share your experience and knowledge with me.

Thanks again

P.S. nvn you are right!!

Well, when compiling your new kernel, you could load the config for the old one. Usually the config resides in your kernel source directory, but if you haven't got the kernel source installed I believe the config can be retrieved from /boot (the file's called simply "config", the one in the kernel source dir is hidden, so it's ".config"). If you've been using one of the standard kernels (say, bare.i), you might be able to find the config in some other place as well, perhaps the CD - I don't know. :P

Anyway, when you're about to compile (more correctly, when you're about to prepare for compilation), you can just load the old config into, say, xconfig or menuconfig, and go with that, although I recommend you to go through the various options before you go on. You could probably do a "make oldconfig" as well, and just be prompted for options that has changed or been added. However, it's never wrong to poke around a bit in xconfig/menuconfig and get a bit more aquainted with your particular configuration and the available options.