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[Brian Cluff]

You have to get the kernel sources to get the source code, if you just get
the kernel RPM thats all you get is a binary.  Thats really the way that you
want it, because the source code for the kernel is around 112 megs right
now, and if you just want a working system for a firwall or something like
that, you might only have 100 megs worth of space on your storage medium for
the whole system.

Brian Cluff
----- Original Message -----
> I just spent 12 hours upgrading my kernel on my laptop
> to enable sound. How did I do this? I had to rpm in
> the kernel from redhat's site. Otherwise, my video and
> audio would not work together. I have never installed
> linux on a laptop before this, though I have upgraded
> kernels on other nonlaptop systems. Is it me, or
> should I have more freedom with my kernel? After I
> rpm'd the kernel in, I went to look at it, to compile
> it- guess what? /usr/src didn't have an entry for that
> kernel. Does debian do this when you use apt-get to
> pull down the kernel, or does it leave the source in
> /usr/src?
>
> I am going to be installing linux on a box of mine at
> home, and am now starting to consider other distros (I
> have used rh for over 2 years now- with a sprinkling
> in of other distros.)
>
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