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- Lines: 33
- Date:
Thu Jan 7 08:41:55 1999
- Orig file:
v2.2.0-pre5/linux/README
- Orig date:
Mon Jan 4 15:08:16 1999
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.2.0-pre5/linux/README linux/README
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
- If you install the full sources, do a
cd /usr/src
- gzip -cd linux-2.1.XX.tar.gz | tar xfv -
+ gzip -cd linux-2.2.XX.tar.gz | tar xfv -
to get it all put in place. Replace "XX" with the version number of the
latest kernel.
- - You can also upgrade between 2.1.xx releases by patching. Patches are
+ - You can also upgrade between 2.2.xx releases by patching. Patches are
distributed in the traditional gzip and the new bzip2 format. To
install by patching, get all the newer patch files and do
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
- Compiling and running the 2.1.x kernels requires up-to-date
+ Compiling and running the 2.2.x kernels requires up-to-date
versions of various software packages. Consult
./Documentation/Changes for the minimum version numbers required
and how to get updates for these packages. Beware that using
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
COMPILING the kernel:
- - Make sure you have gcc-2.7.0 or newer available. It seems older gcc
+ - Make sure you have gcc-2.7.2 or newer available. It seems older gcc
versions can have problems compiling newer versions of Linux. This
is mainly because the older compilers can only generate "a.out"-format
executables. As of Linux 2.1.0, the kernel must be compiled as an
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