On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 09:51:14AM -0500, Andy Zbikowski wrote: > > > then, tar xvfz linux-2.2.17.tar.gz -C /usr/src > > > > You shouldn't put new kernels in /usr/src/linux. If you do you'll end up > > overwriting the header files which libc was compiled against. > > Not on every system. Debian shoves thouse headers in /usr/include/linux. So > the command is safe on a Debian system. Sorry, distro biased command. =) > Yeah, I've always done it the historical way and thrown my src in /usr/src, but according to Linus, we should all be building our kernel in our home directories as non-root users... Gabe -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabe Turner | X-President, UNIX Systems Administrator, | Assoc. for Computing Machinery U of M Supercomputing Institute for | Univerisity of Minnesota Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation | dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu "Did I ever tell you about the Tooth Beaver, Ren? Wherever you have nerve endings, you'll find the Tooth Beaver! ... The nerve endings are the tastiest part of your body, and your Tooth Beaver knows this." - Stimpson J. Cat in "Ren's Toothache" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org