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| Thread ID: 53292 | 2005-01-13 06:40:00 | Getting the kernel source when I don't have it | Growly (6) | Press F1 |
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| 313605 | 2005-01-13 06:40:00 | Alrighty, I installed Debian a couple of days ago, and now to install the madwifi Aetheros drivers I need the kernel source... only problem is that it didn't come with it. Is there anyway to get this? I'm using kernel 2.4.18, and have already tried apt-get installing the source... |
Growly (6) | ||
| 313606 | 2005-01-13 06:42:00 | Why not compile yourself your own new kernel based on 2.6.10? Its not difficult and is a great milestone in linux abilities :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 313607 | 2005-01-13 06:47:00 | I've done it before, I just don't want to because last time it packed a hissy fit and the hard drive crashed (= bad experience)... but if that's the only way... | Growly (6) | ||
| 313608 | 2005-01-13 06:48:00 | Oh now you've gone and done it chill, you've convinced me. | Growly (6) | ||
| 313609 | 2005-01-13 07:05:00 | Just take your time doing the kernel (read everything!), and make sure you have your motherboard manual handy if you want to produce a nice lean kernel specifically for your hardware. :) | Jen (38) | ||
| 313610 | 2005-01-13 07:46:00 | Read everything? I ran make oldconfig and held down enter... |
Growly (6) | ||
| 313611 | 2005-01-13 07:52:00 | Go for it then! ... although the whole purpose of compiling your own kernel from scratch is to produce a lean, fast booting machine without unnecessary hardware baggage ... :p |
Jen (38) | ||
| 313612 | 2005-01-13 07:57:00 | Well I only did that in retaliation for it not letting me run anything but make config or make oldconfig - I didn't have ncurses-devel for menuconfig or that GT thing for xconfig, nor did my apt source. | Growly (6) | ||
| 313613 | 2005-01-13 08:08:00 | after reading this, i thought i can do this, i found this (www.preshweb.co.uk) and it may be of use. | Prescott (11) | ||
| 313614 | 2005-01-13 23:40:00 | Type "debian source 2.4.18" to Google, and use the first link. That will tell youi what you need. | Graham L (2) | ||
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