[ale] if 'dpkg' is removed, will this entirely disable all up-dating/grading & apt-getfunctions?

[courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net (Courtney Thomas)]

James,

I got kernel-image-2.6.17-2-k7 running. Thank you.

Coupla quick ones:

    I assume now that to compile a new kernel I must download the source
since I
    installed a kernel image. Where is your preferred site(s) for such
source  ?

    How is the new source setup so that a newly compiled kernel will not be
    interfered with by the original kernel-image, and vice-versa, of course
?

    This thing comes with so much baggage I'm disallowed from even settin'
up a
    NIC like so, ifconfig 192.168.x.y eth0 up. It finds no eth0, though that
is my NIC.

Anyway, apparently I need to modify the kernel so that my NIC is functional
hence
the above questions.

Appreciatively,
Courtney


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] if 'dpkg' is removed,will this entirely disable all
up-dating/grading & apt-getfunctions?


> Yes, you should then be able to install the kernel you have been
> trying to install. For firewire, you want to enable 1394 OHCI I
> believe. I'm not really sure. The only machine I have with firewire
> capability is my PowerBook and I run OS X on that.
>
> I usually run the latest 2.6 kernel. I have no idea what packages are
> available because I roll my own. That's all up to you; I was just
> trying to help get the package installation problem resolved.
>
> On 10/23/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Thank you.
> >
> > The upgrade to testing is now underway.
> >
> > I assume I will then be able to install whatever kernel I wish without
the
> > previous barriers.
> >
> > How do I implement 'firewire' capability  ?  I had it in 2.4.17 but
don't
> > see it now as an option
> > under 'make menuconfig' and forgot how I did it previously    :-(  I
have a
> > sizable external HD
> > that runs under firewire.
> >
> > Any recommendations regarding which kernel to install  ?
> >
> > Courtney
>
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