On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 21:16, Glen Wagley wrote: > I have been using linux for nearly 3 years now and I have never compiled > my own kernel. Why? I haven't had the time and I haven't ever found a > tutorial I deemed good enough to "hold my hand" through the process. > Well, I take that back. I did compile my own kernel with gentoo and > that was pretty slick but I haven't compiled a kernel from scratch for > redhat 8. Anyhow, I found a somewhat decent howto > here:http://voidmain.kicks-ass.net/redhat/redhat_8_kernel_2.4.19_from_source.html > > However, I don't understand why this dude says to rm -f linux-2.4 > linux. I don't want to remove any of my existing kernels, just compile > a new one and try it out. Any suggestions, comments, and jests are > appreciated :-)
You're not removing the old linux kernel source; you're just removing symlinks. When you put your new kernel in, you'll want to point them at your new kernel. Basically the symlinks tell the system where to get the kernel header files that you need for all compiling. By the way, I've used Linux for 5 or so years, and I've compiled kernels many times in the old days. These days, I use stock RedHat. I think my kernel compile days are over. (except on my ultrasparc -- still working on some net boot stuff). Michael -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
