Kernel Upgrade

[Joel Hammer]

Well, you have to cd /usr/src/linux before you run make xconfig.
/usr/src/linux is  usually the symbolic link to your most recent linux
sources.

Go slow. You may learn a lot more than you want.

Joel

P.S. I am still using Caldera 2.4 on my serious, working boxes. (Reduced
to one by an untimely, recent hard drive malfunction.) I switched to
lindows for mindless, instant gratification on some newer boxes, though.

On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 06:28:00PM -0600, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> I am still using a Caldera OL WS 3.1.1 as my main system.  (I like it.)  I am 
> thinking it is time to update from the 2.4.13 kernel and hoping it will solve 
> the stalls when I watch DVD's.  I ran through the SxS for updating kernels and 
> it seems a bit dated.  It refers to 'xconfig' and 'make xconfig' and other 
> stuff that doesn't work as root from a prompt.  I expect this to be a FOG 
> (Fscking Opportunity for Growth) but I didn't expect it to start so early.
> 
> Can some kind soul gently point me to some recent documentation or an entry 
> point into this process?  (I remember hearing that some of the config files 
> are in weird places or have different names with the Caldera distro.)
> 
> I have 2.4.22
> Athalon XP 2000
> 1.5 GB RAM
> GA-7ZXE Mainboard (KT133A with AGP)
> 
> TIA
> 
>      -- Alma
> 
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