From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:31:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:31:21 -0500 Received: from fes-qout.whowhere.com ([209.185.123.96]:62350 "HELO mailcity.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:31:16 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:30:47 -0500 From: "Gregg Lloyd" Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sent-Mail: on Reply-To: gregg_99@mailcity.com X-Mailer: MailCity Service Subject: Cannot compile my kernel due to unpredictible situations: X-Sender-Ip: 198.133.22.72 Organization: Lycos Communications (http://comm.lycos.com:80) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Language: en Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I have downloaded linux kernel 2.4. In /usr/src, I did untar the file: gzip -cd linux-2.4.0.tar.gz | tar xvf - I see several files being copied to several locations (/linux/Documentation, /linux/arch/..etc..). The problem is that there's no linux 2.4 directory created under /usr/src or anywhere else on my system! Anyway, there's nothing new under /usr/src!!! Linux is not new to me, so I know that this is weird ( I even tried it with "tar -zxvf linux-2.4.0.tar.gz", "gzcat linux-2.4.0.tar.gz | tar xvf - " ..etc). Same result. Anyway, let's say that it doesn't matter whether there's a new kernel 2.4 directory or not.. how can I make sure that I am re-compiling my kernel (currently kernel 2.2.5) with the right 2.4 kernel?? (Kernel howto talks about going to /usr/src/linux and start compiling..but current /usr/src/linux is a link to my current 2.2.5 kernel !!!) Current OS: Red Hat Linux 6.0 Kernel 2.2.5 Thanks Get your small business started at Lycos Small Business at http://www.lycos.com/business/mail.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/