- From: J.P. Mellor <jpmellor_at_rose-hulman.edu>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:48:58 -0500
Tiffany Wilkes writes: > I am a new linux user trying to get comedi drivers to work. I downloaded > kernel 2.4.20 from kernel.org. I placed the kernel source under my home > director (as a few different documents seemed to advise NOT to put the > source at /usr/src/) I'm not sure why this is a bad ides? I fact, think it is the right place to store the kernel source. The one thing you need to watch out for is thet /usr/src/linux is usually a symlink to something like linux-2.4.<old version> and untaring a kernel in /usr/src will probably blow away your working kernel. To keep everything happy you can simply remove the symlink, untar the sources, name them appropriately, and then add the symlink back. /usr/src/linux should point to the sources for the actually running kernel. Once the kernel sources are set up properly, everything should compile fine. jp
Received on 2003-01-07Z23:48:58