I don't delete my working kernel files until I'm satisifed the new build is doing everything I want. That's my SOP. In this case, I just haven't gotten around to nuking the 2.4.9 source tree. On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Why do you have different kernel versions in there? > Greg > > > On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:32:51PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > If you untar a kernel, it will create a directory called linux. Usually, > > you will want to move this to include the kernel version and then create a > > symlink called linux. That way, everything looking for /usr/src/linux will > > find this directory, yet you know what version of kernel you have there: > > > > For example, here is my ls -ld in /usr/src: > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Nov 24 11:11 linux -> > > linux-2.4/ > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Dec 31 18:45 linux-2.4 -> > > linux-2.4.16-0.13/ > > drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 Dec 31 20:47 linux-2.4.16-0.13/ > > drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 Nov 20 08:20 linux-2.4.9-13/ > > > > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Richard Villa wrote: > > > > > I want to start looking at building kernels, but a question that comes to > > > mind is, when you unpack a kernel, does it create a directory structure, > > > or do you have to create the highest level of the directory before you > > > unpack the file? > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
