[Tfug] Upgrading Kernel

[Zach Nation]

When you download a kernel source tarball from here: http://www.kernel.org/

Then it extracts into the folder linux-2.x.y wherever you extracted it.

For instance, "cd /usr/src; tar -xvf /path/to/linux-2.x.y.tar.gz" will 
put the folder linux-2.x.y in /usr/src.. you do cd /usr/src/linux-2.x.y 
to go there. It's often helpful to symlink that to /usr/src/linux, but 
may or may not be required depending on your distribution.

I don't know about the build and install process on a Mac, but the 
source package should be the same, and tar should -definitely- be doing 
the same thing to it. If you're not using a vanilla kernel source 
tarball from kernel.org, I recommend doing so unless your distribution 
can't handle it.

-- Zach

Wayde Gutman wrote:
> 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
> 
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