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>9. Download and Unpack the New Kernel</H1
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>9.1. Required packages</H2
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>The following is a list of packages required to patch a 2.4.x series
kernel. I am still working on the notes for a 2.6.x series install.</P
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>2.4.x series kernels</B
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>kernel source files</P
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>ACPI patch that exactly matches the kernel
version</P
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>debian packages: make, bzip2, gcc, libc6-dev, tk8.3,
libncurses5-dev, kernel-package</P
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>after you've patched the kernel add the debian
packages: acpid, acpi (this last package is available in testing and
unstable versions of Debian, but not stable)</P
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>9.2. Unpack</H2
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>We need to unpack the bz2 file (bzip2) and shuffle the directories around a bit.
<TT
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to your current kernel. We need it to point to the new kernel, so we'll do that as well.</P
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>&#13; <B
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>&#13; cd <TT
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>&#13; <B
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>mkdir <TT
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>kernel-source-<TT
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><I
>&#60;version&#62;</I
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</B
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(use an alternate name if you already have a version of this kernel
installed)
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>cp
<TT
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>linux.<TT
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><I
>&#60;version&#62;</I
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>.tar.bz2</TT
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<TT
CLASS="filename"
>/usr/src/kernel-source-<TT
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>&#60;version&#62;</I
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</B
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>cd
<TT
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>/usr/src/kernel-source-<TT
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>&#60;version&#62;</I
></TT
></TT
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</B
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>&#13; <B
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>tar <TT
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>xjfv</TT
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<TT
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>linux.<TT
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><I
>&#60;version&#62;</I
></TT
>.tar.bz2</TT
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>
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>&#13; <B
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>mv
<TT
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>linux.<TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>&#60;version&#62;</I
></TT
></TT
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<TT
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>/usr/src/linux-<TT
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>&#60;version&#62;</I
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>linux</TT
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(assuming that's a link to your old kernel)
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<TT
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>If your kernel needs to be patched, do so now.
Instructions are available from <A
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