Compiling the kernel
l’m wondering vvhether you can help j me on recompiling the kernel. I have a particular problem vvith unpacking the tar file concerning the Linux kernel. I have tried vvith various distros including Corel, SuSE7.0 and Mandrake 7.2.1 have also tried vvith a purchased SuSE 7.0 personal edition.
I have been unable to unpack the kernel fileş for both kernel 2.2.17 and 2.4.0.1 have followed the steps as follows. Enter system as root user; copy kernel file from cdrom to /usr/sre by drag and drop then either Bunzip2 or gunzip to unzip file. The Unzipping part goes OK but vvhilst in terminal unpacking the tarfile you can see the machine go through the routine and comes back to prompt. When checking the list of fileş in /usr/sre the kernel I source fileş remain as a tar file, then
