On Saturday 10 February 2001 04:40 pm, s wrote:
> Tom,
> I have been trying to use the 'vanilla' kernel and believe as you
> suggest that this is where my supermount troubles lie. I have
> checked all the cooker mirrors that will work for me and can only
> locate source-rpms and not the src.rpms. Would you be so kind as to
> post your favorite link(s) for the download of these more recent
> kernels src.rpms?
> TIAAA,
> -s
I've only d/l'd the kernel...src.rpm once. I don't remember the
exact version 2.4, but 'rpm --rebuild' didn't produce kernel*.rpms as I
expected, but just unpacked source into /usr/src/<k-version> NBD, I
just compiled from that, but usually I prefer to get the kernel
source/header/utils/docs rpms and install those. eg,
kernel-doc-2.4.1-4mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.4.1-4mdk.i586.rpm
kernel-headers-2.4.1-4mdk.i586.rpm kernel-utils-2.4.1-4mdk.i586.rpm
from the list of cooker mirrors
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3
Of those sites, the ones with the ++ designation are the most up to
date and complete. 'Course where you are makes a lot of difference.
>From where I'm at in Texas, I have the best results with the French and
German sites, ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/ and
ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/Mandrake/devel and the one in
the USA ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/
Now, here's where a good d/l butler is invaluable. I use nt
(Webdownloader for X). When I d/l the 2.4.1 I'm using right now, I
started at the usually good uni-bayreuth site, but several mb's into it
it got real slow, so I stopped and switched to the wtfo site, and nt
picked it up and resumed ... no problem, nothing lost.
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
> On Saturday 10 February 2001 03:44 pm, you wrote:
> > Other than there seems to be all kinds of webpages and opinions on
> > how to compile a kernel, I don't know what all the fuss is about.
> >
> > IMO, compiling 'vanilla' source, like from kernel.org is often,
> > but misguidedly advised. Mandrake, like most major distros has a
> > little different way of doing things, and features, like supermount
> > other distros, and certainly vanilla source won't/don't have.
> > Seems like some obvious common sense to me to use Mandrake source,
> > available on any cooker mirror, rather than from vanilla or
> > elsewhere. YMMV
> >
> > Preparation and compiling shouldn't be any problem even for a
> > first timer. Both the docs that come with Mandrake source and
> > http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade.html
> > http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade2.html
> > http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade3.html
> > http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade4.html
> > suggest using 'make mrproper' when needed, simple edits to the
> > Makefile, configuring, and then the steps 'make dep && make clean
> > && make bzImage && make install && make modules && make
> > modules_install' followed by 'mkinitrd' and configuring lilo/grub.
> >
> > The instructions at mandrakeuser.org are well written and simple
> > enough that even a first timer should have no problem .... but more
> > importantly they're are geared specificly toward Mandrake, and not
> > filled with a bunch of misguided opinions.
