A.4 Where
can I get the new kernel?
First you
need to get the new kernel. Start a browser (any kind) and point it to
http://www.kernel.org/ . There you
can find a list of mirrors. Mirrors are sites with the (mostly) same information
as the main site. Since the main kernel.org site is heavily overloaded
with downloads choose a mirror site closest to you or even the one located
in your country. For example: to get the new kernel from Norway point
your browser to the .no kernel archive => http://www.no.kernel.org/ . Notice the .no
after the www string. Lots of countries have mirrors for the kernel archive.
Once the mirror page loads you will find information on that page which
looks like this:
<=
start of example page=>
The
Linux Kernel Archives mirror at Sunsite.uio.no
All transfers are logged. If you don't like this policy please disconnect
now.
Welcome
to the Linux Kernel Archives. This is an official mirror site for the
Linux kernel source. Please see http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/
for information about how to connect to an other kernel-mirror site.
What
is Linux?Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds
with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It
aims towards POSIX compliance.
...
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Now choose
a protocol which suits you better to transfer the files. Let's say we
will choose HTTP protocol (same protocol as your WWW browser uses).
Your browser will display a page with a directory structure, perhaps similar
to this:
<= start
of example page =>
Index of
/pub
Name
Last modified Size Description
________________________________________
[DIR]
Parent Directory 28-Dec-98 12:06 -
[DIR] linux/ 31-Dec-98 09:57 -
[ ] ls-lR 29-Mar-99 14:56 262k
[DIR] software/ 31-Dec-98 18:25 -
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of example page =>
Note the
linux directory. Point your browser at it. A page like this will
show:
<= start
of example page =>
Index of
/pub/linux
Name
Last modified Size Description
________________________________________
[DIR]
Parent Directory 29-Mar-99 14:56 -
[DIR] daemons/ 12-Feb-99 01:19 -
[DIR] devel/ 18-Dec-98 19:34 -
[DIR] distributions/ 18-Dec-98 19:34 -
[DIR] docs/ 31-Jan-99 04:01 -
[DIR] kernel/ 18-Mar-99 21:55 -
[DIR] libs/ 18-Dec-98 19:35 -
[DIR] utils/ 31-Jan-99 04:01 -
<= end
of example page =>
This site
contains lots of things to download but currently we are only interested
in the kernel. Point your browser at the kernel directory.
Something like this should show:
<= start
of example page =>
Index of
/pub/linux/kernel
Name
Last modified Size Description
_______________________________________
[DIR]
Parent Directory 31-Dec-98 09:57 -
[ ] COPYING 13-Mar-94 00:00 18k
[ ] CREDITS 16-Sep-96 00:00 36k
[DIR] Historic/ 18-Dec-98 20:55 -
[DIR] SillySounds/ 18-Dec-96 09:45 -
[DIR] alan/ 18-Mar-99 21:55 -
[DIR] davem/ 29-Jan-99 04:05 -
[DIR] hpa/ 19-Dec-98 02:16 -
[DIR] people/ 18-Mar-99 21:55 -
[DIR] testing/ 27-Mar-99 00:55 -
[DIR] v1.0/ 19-Dec-98 02:19 -
[DIR] v1.1/ 19-Dec-98 03:51 -
[DIR] v1.2/ 19-Dec-98 04:36 -
[DIR] v1.3/ 19-Dec-98 13:21 -
[DIR] v2.0/ 11-Feb-99 16:48 -
[DIR] v2.1/ 11-Feb-99 16:45 -
[DIR] v2.2/ 24-Mar-99 00:27 -
[DIR] whawes/ 18-Dec-98 19:34 -
____________________________________
Linux kernel
release 2.0.xx
These
are the release notes for linux version 2.0. Read them carefully,
as they tell you what this is all about, explain how
to install the
kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong.
...
....
<= end
of example page =>
For our example
we will take in consideration that while writting this the kernel version
2.2.x series is the stable version. That's why we choose the v2.2/
directory on the server.
How do you know which is the latest version? At the bottom of the http://www.kernel.org/ page you have a text
like this:
<=
start of example page =>
|
The
latest stable version of the Linux kernel is:
|
2.2.12
|
The
latest beta version of the Linux kernel is:
|
2.3.20
|
The
latest prepatch (alpha) version appears to be:
|
none
|
<=
end of example page =>
That is your
information to find out which is the latest stable kernel and which one
is also recomended to use. Also as you will see you can usualy see a file
with the name like LATEST-IS-2.2.12 at the top of the directory
listing which tells you the latest version.
Once that
we are in the v2.2/ directory on our server we will see something
like this:
<= start
of example page =>
Index of
/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2
Name
Last modified Size Description
_______________________________
[DIR]
Parent Directory 16-Aug-99 09:13 -
[ ] LATEST-IS-2.2.12 26-Aug-99 02:45 0k
[ ] linux-2.2.0.tar.bz2 26-Jan-99 02:41 10.1M
[ ] linux-2.2.0.tar.bz2.s..26-Jan-99 02:41 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.0.tar.gz 26-Jan-99 02:41 12.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.0.tar.gz.sign26-Jan-99 02:41 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.1.tar.bz2 28-Jan-99 21:56 10.1M
[ ] linux-2.2.1.tar.bz2.s..28-Jan-99 21:56 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.1.tar.gz 28-Jan-99 21:56 12.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.1.tar.gz.sign28-Jan-99 21:56 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.10.tar.bz2 14-Jun-99 07:33 10.8M
[ ] linux-2.2.10.tar.bz2...14-Jun-99 07:33 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.10.tar.gz 14-Jun-99 07:33 13.3M
[ ] linux-2.2.10.tar.gz.s..14-Jun-99 07:33 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.11.tar.bz2 10-Aug-99 01:03 11.2M
[ ] linux-2.2.11.tar.bz2...10-Aug-99 01:03 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.11.tar.gz 10-Aug-99 01:03 13.8M
[ ] linux-2.2.11.tar.gz.s..10-Aug-99 01:03 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.12.tar.bz2 26-Aug-99 02:45 11.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.12.tar.bz2...26-Aug-99 02:45 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.12.tar.gz 26-Aug-99 02:45 14.2M
[ ] linux-2.2.12.tar.gz.s..26-Aug-99 02:45 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.2.tar.bz2 23-Feb-99 03:58 10.1M
[ ] linux-2.2.2.tar.bz2.s..23-Feb-99 03:58 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.2.tar.gz 23-Feb-99 03:58 12.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.2.tar.gz.sign23-Feb-99 03:58 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.3.tar.bz2 09-Mar-99 01:42 10.2M
[ ] linux-2.2.3.tar.bz2.s..09-Mar-99 01:42 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.3.tar.gz 09-Mar-99 01:42 12.6M
[ ] linux-2.2.3.tar.gz.sign09-Mar-99 01:42 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.4.tar.bz2 23-Mar-99 23:33 10.4M
[ ] linux-2.2.4.tar.bz2.s..23-Mar-99 23:33 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.4.tar.gz 23-Mar-99 23:33 12.8M
[ ] linux-2.2.4.tar.gz.sign23-Mar-99 23:33 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.5.tar.bz2 29-Mar-99 08:54 10.4M
[ ] linux-2.2.5.tar.bz2.s..29-Mar-99 08:54 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.5.tar.gz 29-Mar-99 08:54 12.9M
[ ] linux-2.2.5.tar.gz.sign29-Mar-99 08:54 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.6.tar.bz2 16-Apr-99 23:46 10.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.6.tar.bz2.s..16-Apr-99 23:46 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.6.tar.gz 16-Apr-99 23:46 13.0M
[ ] linux-2.2.6.tar.gz.sign16-Apr-99 23:46 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.7.tar.bz2 28-Apr-99 20:42 10.6M
[ ] linux-2.2.7.tar.bz2.s..28-Apr-99 20:42 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.7.tar.gz 28-Apr-99 20:42 13.0M
[ ] linux-2.2.7.tar.gz.sign28-Apr-99 20:42 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.8.tar.bz2 11-May-99 21:59 10.7M
[ ] linux-2.2.8.tar.bz2.s..11-May-99 21:59 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.8.tar.gz 11-May-99 21:59 13.2M
[ ] linux-2.2.8.tar.gz.sign11-May-99 21:59 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.9.tar.bz2 14-May-99 01:54 10.7M
[ ] linux-2.2.9.tar.bz2.s..14-May-99 01:54 1k
[DIR] Parent Directory 16-Aug-99 09:13 -
[ ] LATEST-IS-2.2.12 26-Aug-99 02:45 0k
[ ] linux-2.2.0.tar.bz2 26-Jan-99 02:41 10.1M
[ ] linux-2.2.0.tar.bz2.s..26-Jan-99 02:41 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.0.tar.gz 26-Jan-99 02:41 12.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.0.tar.gz.sign26-Jan-99 02:41 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.1.tar.bz2 28-Jan-99 21:56 10.1M
[ ] linux-2.2.1.tar.bz2.s..28-Jan-99 21:56 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.1.tar.gz 28-Jan-99 21:56 12.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.1.tar.gz.sign28-Jan-99 21:56 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.10.tar.bz2 14-Jun-99 07:33 10.8M
[ ] linux-2.2.10.tar.bz2...14-Jun-99 07:33 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.10.tar.gz 14-Jun-99 07:33 13.3M
[ ] linux-2.2.10.tar.gz.s..14-Jun-99 07:33 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.11.tar.bz2 10-Aug-99 01:03 11.2M
[ ] linux-2.2.11.tar.bz2...10-Aug-99 01:03 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.11.tar.gz 10-Aug-99 01:03 13.8M
[ ] linux-2.2.11.tar.gz.s..10-Aug-99 01:03 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.12.tar.bz2 26-Aug-99 02:45 11.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.12.tar.bz2...26-Aug-99 02:45 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.12.tar.gz 26-Aug-99 02:45 14.2M
[ ] linux-2.2.12.tar.gz.s..26-Aug-99 02:45 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.2.tar.bz2 23-Feb-99 03:58 10.1M
[ ] linux-2.2.2.tar.bz2.s..23-Feb-99 03:58 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.2.tar.gz 23-Feb-99 03:58 12.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.2.tar.gz.sign23-Feb-99 03:58 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.3.tar.bz2 09-Mar-99 01:42 10.2M
[ ] linux-2.2.3.tar.bz2.s..09-Mar-99 01:42 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.3.tar.gz 09-Mar-99 01:42 12.6M
[ ] linux-2.2.3.tar.gz.sign09-Mar-99 01:42 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.4.tar.bz2 23-Mar-99 23:33 10.4M
[ ] linux-2.2.4.tar.bz2.s..23-Mar-99 23:33 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.4.tar.gz 23-Mar-99 23:33 12.8M
[ ] linux-2.2.4.tar.gz.sign23-Mar-99 23:33 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.5.tar.bz2 29-Mar-99 08:54 10.4M
[ ] linux-2.2.5.tar.bz2.s..29-Mar-99 08:54 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.5.tar.gz 29-Mar-99 08:54 12.9M
[ ] linux-2.2.5.tar.gz.sign29-Mar-99 08:54 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.6.tar.bz2 16-Apr-99 23:46 10.5M
[ ] linux-2.2.6.tar.bz2.s..16-Apr-99 23:46 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.6.tar.gz 16-Apr-99 23:46 13.0M
[ ] linux-2.2.6.tar.gz.sign16-Apr-99 23:46 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.7.tar.bz2 28-Apr-99 20:42 10.6M
[ ] linux-2.2.7.tar.bz2.s..28-Apr-99 20:42 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.7.tar.gz 28-Apr-99 20:42 13.0M
[ ] linux-2.2.7.tar.gz.sign28-Apr-99 20:42 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.8.tar.bz2 11-May-99 21:59 10.7M
[ ] linux-2.2.8.tar.bz2.s..11-May-99 21:59 1k
[CMP] linux-2.2.8.tar.gz 11-May-99 21:59 13.2M
[ ] linux-2.2.8.tar.gz.sign11-May-99 21:59 1k
[ ] linux-2.2.9.tar.bz2 14-May-99 01:54 10.7M
[ ] linux-2.2.9.tar.bz2.s..14-May-99 01:54 1k
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I download full source or the patch only?
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