Re: Re Kernel Upgrade

["bill lewis" <wmmlewis2000 stratos net>]

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----- Original Message -----

From: Mickel

To: redhat-install-list redhat com

Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 9:51 AM

Subject: Re Kernel Upgrade

Thanks for your help there Richard, looks like a good idea.  I don't think I'm at that stage yet coz I can't seem to extract the file properly :(

 

I've got the linux-2.4.5.tar.gz file in the /usr/src/ directory.  I then went to the terminal CD to /usr/src/ then typed mv linux linux.old to backup my current kernel.  Once that was done I typed:  tar xzf linux-2.4.5.tar.gz and pressed return.  I received the following output:

 

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file

tar: Unexpected EOF in archive

tar: Child returned status 1

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

[root localhost src]#

 

linux.old points to linux-2.2.14

 

What am I doing wrong, any ideas ?

 

 

Graeme

----- Original Message -----

From: Richard

To: redhat-install-list redhat com

Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 3:46 AM

Subject: Re: Kernel Upgrade

Mickel wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade the kernel for the 1st time.  I replaced my 2.2.14
> kernel with the most recent stable release ( 2.4.5 ), I then CD to
> /usr/src/linux then typed make xconfig.  I also tried make config and make
> menuconfig, each time I received the message-:  make: *** No rule to make
> target 'config'.  Stop.
>
> Anyone know what it means and how I can upgrade properly ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Graeme
>
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I am not an expert here, but will forge on in:  your 2.4.5 sources must
either be in the directory /usr/src/linux or that must be a link to the
directory the sources are in.  When I do this I unpack the new sources
into a new directory, for example, /usr/src/linux-2.4.5 and then make
"linux" a link to that directory.  This makes going back to what you had
before easier, a process I find myself doing fairly frequently as my new
kernel builds seem not to always work well with X windows or some other
basic program.  It appears as though it is saying it can't find the
Makefile.  I have found two reasons for this:  1- there is no Makefile,
check with ls in the directory you are issuing the make xconfig command
to see that there is in fact a Makefile.  2- in spite of the fact that
the book (I live by Welsh, et al, "Running Linux" pub'd by O'Reilly)
says you can do this as a user I've only found it to work as root.  Try
changing to root and issuing same command.  I am certain there are other
possibilities, but these come to mind immediately.  Good luck.  Richard



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