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Author: Michael Havens
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: first tar file.
I was thinking that I would compile my kermel from source. Where do *I get
the modules and other stuff I need?*

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Ben Browning <> wrote:

> You had me worried too so we are even :)
>
> -Ben
> On Dec 4, 2011 12:13 AM, "Michael Havens" <> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Ben.... you had me worried for a second there!
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Ben Browning <>wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>> >>>>>>
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