Re: [SLUG] Debianista Question RE Knoppix

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jun 22 2005 - 14:53:50 EDT


On 6/22/05, Eric Jahn <eric@ejahn.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 13:01 -0400, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > I need to patch a module that gets loaded in the kernel.
> > I need to download the kernel source, when I attempt to do
> > apt-get it ask me for a source uri.
>
> Sounds like you need to add an entry for debian sources packages in
> your /etc/apt.sources file. Then apt-get will get the package and
> install it in a new rose directory. The line will vary according to
> which Debian version (testing, stable, etc.) you are running. -Eric
>
I did and it did not like it. So I just went to the knoppix site and pulled
down the kernel-source-2.4.24-xfs_10.00.Custom_all.deb
Now after extraction from the .deb file I have the following
 kernel-source-2.4.24-xfs.tar.bz2
Will now extract it from that...

-- 
Chuck Hast 
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."

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