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doverbay
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 Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 3:25 pm Post subject: How to install kernel 2.20 |
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When I try to
emerge --pretend /usr/portage/sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.2.20.ebuild
!!error. package not found possibly blocked by package.mask.
How do I unblock it....
Is this the correct approach for installing the kernel 2.20 source?
Thanks in advance
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dev
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Location: San Antonio, TX
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| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure if thats the "correct" approach, but in order to remove a package from being masked, you need to edit the package.mask file in /usr/portage/profiles/.
Simple do a search for the package you're trying to emerge and comment it out or remove it. |
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metalhedd
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| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Will gentoo even work with a 2.2 kernel? doesn't it require devfs? which IIRC Isn't part of the 2.2 kernels. |
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doverbay
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| Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2002 4:15 am Post subject: |
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| metalhedd wrote: | | Will gentoo even work with a 2.2 kernel? doesn't it require devfs? which IIRC Isn't part of the 2.2 kernels. |
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This is from the install txt...though it doesn't say to to get
Note: For those who prefer it, it is now possible to install Gentoo Linux with a 2.2 kernel. Such stability will come at a price: you will lose many of the nifty features that are new to the 2.4 series kernels (such as XFS and tmpfs filesystems, iptables, and more), although the 2.2 kernel sources can be patched with Reiserfs and devfs support. Gentoo linux bootscripts require either tmpfs or ramdisk support in the kernel, so 2.2 kernel users need to make sure that ramdisk support is compiled in (ie, not a module). It is vital that a gentoo=notmpfs flag be added to the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst for the 2.2 kernel so that a ramdisk is mounted for the bootscripts instead of tmpfs. If you choose not to use devfs, then gentoo=notmpfs,nodevfs should be used instead.
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