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Author: Ben Browning
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: first tar file.
It goes against everything I hold dear to bring this back from perversion
to geekery, but Michael I thought you meant the actual kernel, not the
package containing the kernel... The packages will have everything you need
if they install properly.

-Ben
On Dec 3, 2011 10:51 PM, "Eric Cope" <> wrote:

> Especially if it's really compressed...
>
> On Dec 3, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Jim March <> wrote:
>
> > Remember never to unzip in public.
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Eric Cope <> wrote:
> >> Yep, to unzip, just include the same option. As an FYI, gzip is more
> >> common, especially on older installations, but bzip is better at
> >> compression.
> >>
> >> Eric
> >>
> >> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Michael Havens <>
> wrote:
> >>> Thank you Eric. I was unclear through the man page the process of
> >>> decompressing. It seems that I would just include the same option
> (j/z). Is
> >>> this correct?
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Michael Havens <>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> huh? I did do it like I did the first.
> >>>>
> >>>>      sudo dpkg -i *_all.deb linux-headers*386.deb linux-image*

> >>>>
> >>>> Those were as the instructions said to do it (I did add the wild
> cards).
> >>>> What else do I need to do to install the modules and other things?
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Ben Browning <>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thYou should reine manbstall the second kernel like you did the
> first...
> >>>>> The method you have used will not have modules and other things that
> you
> >>>>> need.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Ben
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Dec 3, 2011 6:48 PM, "Michael Havens" <> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I made my first tar file just a few minutes ago! I wanted to put the
> >>>>>> new kernel on the other machine too because from what I've read the
> 3.x.x
> >>>>>> version of the kernel does all sorts of nice things. One of those
> nice
> >>>>>> things is that it automatically defragments now. What other nice
> things
> >>>>>> have you discovered about it?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Anyways, there i go off on another tangent....As I was saying, what
> I
> >>>>>> did is combined the three files together (with another with
> instructions to
> >>>>>> install it) with tar and emailed it to myself with the command:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>      tar cjf 3.1.4.tar.zip *

> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So let's open this up to discussion. If you don't think that was the
> >>>>>> best way to do it let's hear some constructive criticism.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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