Copy problem
I am currently taking my first faltering || steps in Linux and I have come across a problem in loading the kernel 2.4.1.
I have installed Caldera’s 2.3 on my system a Pentium133,48MB memory and Matrox Mystique graphics card. My problem is cannot copy from the CD to hard disk. What I vvould like to know is hovv to copy fileş from the CD-ROM. I know other people who have had a problem in compiling the kernel using SuSE 7.0, and I was told to do the follovving: tar zxvf <path>/linux-2.4.0.tar.gz vvhere <path> is
/mnt/cdrom/othersoftware/kernel2.4.0.
Now taking this information, I tried to copy from the CD vvith this line in LILO: tar zxvf /mnt/cdrom/kernel/linux-2.4.1.tar.gz. I get this message back: ‘cannot open archive tar zxvf /mnt/cdrom/kernel/linux-2.4.1.tar.gz no such file or directory’.
I have tried loading the 2.4.0 kernel from issue 11 using tar zxvf /mnt/cdrom/ othersoftware/kernel2.4.0/linux-2.4.0.tar.gz and get the same ansvver.
Would it not have been easier to put in the correct text, as there are people like me who vvant to try Linux but vvith problems like this vvill give up and revert to Windows.
RobertL Reeves
m ıg To use the kernels you need to unpack
m A m the archive’which is what thG ter
I **** 1 xvzf <fılename> line does, then proceed to configure and install the kernel you have built.
You may vvant to just use the kernels from Caldera, rather than trying to upgrade to 2.4 and install ali of the reguired packages until you feel
confident in doing so. Building a kernel from the source tree is not a simple thing to do, and if you’re not comfortable vvith Linux and each individual component you are using, such as the kernel source, LILO, tar, et al, then you can quickly become confused and disorientated.