-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 03:53:09PM +0530, Rahul Ramasubramanian wrote: > i am trying to install the new kernel on my system.. > some one told me that one should not install the kernel in /usr/src/linux > coz kernel version that the C library is compiled against is often linked > to this tree... what does this mean ... and what is the difference between > installation and compilation of the kernel... Almost. The reason you shouldn't use it is because the stuff in /usr/src is maintained by the distribution package manager. If you recompile glibc, it is indeed possible that the distribution compile script uses /usr/src/linux , so yes, you shouldn't mess with it. Oh, and you usually need to be root to create files in /usr/src, which is unnecessary. > where should i install my kernel if i want to make changes to it and try to > hack it... Note: to install a kernel means installing the compiled binary and modules. The kernel binary usually lives in /boot and the modules in /lib/modules. What you are talking about is the kernel *sources*. Those are not installed, but unpacked. > and if i install it somewhere other than /usr/src/linux... will there not > be 2 kernels installed in my system... this thing is very confusing to me.. Just unpack the source in your homedir. For example, I have ~/git/linux-2.6/ and ~/git/linux-2.6-stable/ . The former is for racking mainline 2.6 kernels, the latter for the stable series. You can basically unpack the kernel sources anywhere as a *normal* user, there is absolutely no need to compile them as root. Erik - -- They're all fools. Don't worry. Darwin may be slow, but he'll eventually get them. -- Matthew Lammers in alt.sysadmin.recovery -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGDP43/PlVHJtIto0RAt+MAKCE5n13I8FJik5St9Wtd7owGOVFrgCfQFjR ulETnAp+nW0jr15/UbNiV2M= =2aus -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
