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Floppyman · 07-24-2001, 11:14 AM

Hey all,

I downloaded the latest kernel release 2.4.7 (26.1mb) yesterday and have been trying to install it on Mandrake 8. I untarred and unzipped the kernel file and now all the files are in the /linux directory. By reading the instructions it tells me to run "make config". I've been trying to run make config out of the /linux directory and out of the /linux/scripts directory and both times it doesn't work, I get a bash error saying command not found. I even tried running the patch-kernel linux script out of the /linux/scripts directory to see whether I could patch it and I still get an error saying command not found. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need do anything special first or need a special kernel for Mandrake? Thanks in Advance!

07-24-2001, 11:14 AM	#1
Floppyman Member (13 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Posts: 6,791	New Kernel troubles Hey all, I downloaded the latest kernel release 2.4.7 (26.1mb) yesterday and have been trying to install it on Mandrake 8. I untarred and unzipped the kernel file and now all the files are in the /linux directory. By reading the instructions it tells me to run "make config". I've been trying to run make config out of the /linux directory and out of the /linux/scripts directory and both times it doesn't work, I get a bash error saying command not found. I even tried running the patch-kernel linux script out of the /linux/scripts directory to see whether I could patch it and I still get an error saying command not found. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need do anything special first or need a special kernel for Mandrake? Thanks in Advance!