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@@ -19,12 +19,19 @@ recently has support for this file system been implemented in most of the kernel
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drivers, however. We must be sure that all the critical system devices get
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created properly.</para>
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-<para>As for obtaining such a kernel, let's hope you distributor has provided
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-a 2.6 kernel package for you. If so, install it. If not, you'll have to compile
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-it yourself. If you're forced into a situation where you need to compile it
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-yourself, it is highly recommended that you compile your kernel in a monolithic
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-manner, as you probably don't want to go fiddling with your hosts module
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-utilities. Supposing you don't want to listen, open up the module-init-tools
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-tarball and check out the README on how to get module support for 2.6.</para>
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+<para>In order to check that your host kernel meets the requirements outlined
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+above, you can run the following command:</para>
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+
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+<screen><userinput>cat /proc/version</userinput></screen>
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+
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+<para>This will produce output similar to:</para>
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+<blockquote><screen><computeroutput>Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1 Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004</computeroutput></screen></blockquote>
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+
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+<para>If the results of the above command state that your host kernel wasn't
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+compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, you will need to compile one
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+yourself, and reboot your host to use the newly compiled kernel. Instructions
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+for compiling the kernel and configuring the bootloader (assuming your host uses
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+GRUB) are given in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
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</sect1>
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Matthew Burgess