Re: [newbie] Kernel questions

2001-02-11 Thread Romanator
Mark Weaver wrote: > > Romanator wrote: > > > > 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 sou

Re: [newbie] Kernel questions

2001-02-11 Thread Mark Weaver
Romanator wrote: > > 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. W

Re: [newbie] Kernel questions

2001-02-11 Thread Mark Weaver
Tom Brinkman 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 h

Re:[newbie] Kernel questions

2001-02-10 Thread s
Oohhh, ok. I get it now. Thanks so much for your patience. -s On Saturday 10 February 2001 09:56 pm, you wrote: > > http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade3.html > the only change will be instead of tar xfzC [kernel-source].tar.gz > you'll be doing 'rpm -Uvh' on the 2.4 Mandrake kernel*r

Re:[newbie] Kernel questions

2001-02-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 10 February 2001 08:08 pm, s wrote: I have the files you > referred to below (downloaded a couple of days ago) and read the > howto at mandrakeuser.org and I still don't know how to compile it. > The site gave instructions how to rpm -i and how to compile from the > tarball, but how

Re:[newbie] Kernel questions

2001-02-10 Thread s
Well, now I'm beginning to feel like a pest. I hesitate to ask, but it has become necessary. (I really need the agpgart support of the new kernel for my video card and mobo combo.) I have the files you referred to below (downloaded a couple of days ago) and read the howto at mandrakeuser.or

Re:[newbie] Kernel questions

2001-02-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
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.

RE: [newbie] Kernel questions

2001-02-09 Thread Kelly, Christopher
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Re: [newbie] Kernel questions

2001-02-09 Thread Paul Jones
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