Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Andrew Walker) | Subject | Re: Linux and not version dirs | Date | Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:52:06 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Hasdi R Hashim wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Jauder Ho wrote: > > > > heard of su? su to root and untar there..... besides I usually > > patch so I only have one or two full kernel sources lying around. > > Ayup! That's what i do. That's but not the problem. The problem is I can't > untar the 'linux' directory as linux-2.0.x directory. I have to untar > everything in a separate directory. eg > > cd /tmp > tar zxvf linux-2.0.tar.gz > su mv linux /usr/src/linux-2.0 > ln -s linux-2.0 linux >
Alternatively:
cd /usr/src mkdir linux-2.0.0 rm linux ln -s linux-2.0.0 linux tar xvzf linux-2.0.tar.gz
Which is what I do, and saves copying across file systems as my / and /usr are separate partitions.
-Andy
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