From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Subject: Re: compiling kernel for an alphaserver (VERY OLD ONE) Date: 26 Apr 2003 15:52:44 +0200 Sender: linux-alpha-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <1051322644.1967.55.camel@Gandalf> <1051361328.1967.64.camel@Gandalf> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1051361328.1967.64.camel@Gandalf> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: 333101@personal.net.py Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Alan Bort <333101@personal.net.py> writes: > > > I've noted that the downloadable file is only 4 MB (a little less= )... is > > > that the FULL kernel??? > >=20 > > Is that already compiled? My kernels usually end up around 1.5 MB = in > > size, or ~2.7 MB uncompressed. > well: 4,0M patch-2.4.20.bz2 >=20 > that's what du patch-2.4.20.bz2 returns.... That's the patch (i.e. difference) from 2.4.19 to 2.4.20. The full source is called linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2, but remember that 2.4.20 is broken. > > > I'm currently running RH7.0 on my alpha and It's an important mac= hine in > > > my network... it's the router and the http/sendmail/ftp/etc serve= r... > > >=20 > > > I'd appreciate all the help you can give me here... I'm new to li= nux (at > > > least at this level) and I certainly never did somthing like this= =2E.. I > > > don't want to screw THIS one... I'm already downloading RH9 that = isn't > > > supposed to have any trouble with the not-mdified kernel... so I = think I > > > can screw that one up a few times... also... it's an x86 intel...= so > > > LILO works and I can boot to any kernel I want. > >=20 > > Read about aboot. > >=20 > > If you're new at this stuff, you WILL screw it up once or twice bef= ore > > you learn it. That doesn't mean that you'll loose any data, of > > course. > But I will be able to boot to my good kernel... won't I? Sooner or later, of course. Which distribution is installed right now? --=20 M=E5ns Rullg=E5rd mru@users.sf.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-alpha" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html