[Tfug] Upgrading Kernel

[Wayde Gutman]

I have Yellow Dog Linux 2.2 running on an iMac 333-mhz and feels that I 
should rplace the 2.4.18 kernel with the 2.4.25 or 2.4.26 kernel, 
instead of going out a buying Yellow Dog Linux 4.0.
Problem is that when I do 'tar -xvpf blahblah blah' or 'tar xzvf 
blahblahblah' that I don't get a ~/linux directory that I can cd into in 
order to do the compile process. What I do find is 'vmlinux' already 
existing within the subdirectory. That doesn't make sense.

I have tried the Bit Keeper version, by Ben, wherever I can find a 
kernel for the ppc. Same results.

SOOO, what am I doing wrong ? Yes I have compiled new kernels, on i386 
boxes though, within Red Hat, Fedora, Debian, Libranet, Caldera, SuSE, 
Slackware, you name it. My mindset is 'Linux is Linux', which may be 
tripping me up in regards to powerpc.

Looking forward to your inputs,

Wayde Gutman
Saddlebrooke