first tar file.

[Ben Browning]

There's pretty much no reason to do that... Use stock dpkg'ed kernels.

~Ben

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <benb at bensbrowning.com> wrote:
>>
>> You had me worried too so we are even :)
>>
>> -Ben
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2011 12:13 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Ben.... you had me worried for a second there!
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Ben Browning <benb at bensbrowning.com>
>>> 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" <eric.cope at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Especially if it's really compressed...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 3, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Remember never to unzip in public.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Eric Cope <eric.cope at gmail.com>
>>>>> > 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>> >> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>> >>> 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
>>>>> >>>> <benb at bensbrowning.com>
>>>>> >>>> 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" <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>> >>>>> 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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