> I have not tried to use source code before and don't understand where
> to
> place the code and what other entries are required to make ppSCSI work.
> The ppSCSI page says to add the file to the "source tree"; where is
> this? I am using RedHat 7.1 and want to use a parallel port SCSI
> adapter (Shuttle Technologies) on a Compaq LTE lite 4/25 laptop.
Hello Jon
I use Debian distribution of Linux, not RedHat, so I can not tell you the
exact commands to execute, but I can tell you the logical steps you should
perform...
1. You should get the source code for the kernel you want (probably the
one you have running now). To check which kernel you run use command:
uname -a
The output will contain a number which will look like 2.4.xx This is the
kernel version you have. Get the source from the RedHat site and install
it.
2. Get the ppSCSI patch. To apply the patch to the kernel you will need
to execute patch command (if you do not have patch, get it from RedHat)
3. To apply patch you will have to execute the command which will be
similar to
patch -p1 < /path/to/ppSCSIpatch
in the directory where the source for the kernel is.
There should be no errors at the output.(well one hope there will be non)
4. compile the kernel. This is the most difficult part. You should read
kernel-howto to understand how to do it. You should learn how to do it and
it is not simple at first. Generally, you should run the command from the
source directory:
make config
or
make menuconfig
or
make xconfig
and answer on all questions if you want support for different things.
After that you could run
make zImage
to build the kernel
make modules
to build kernel modules and
make modules_install
to install the modules
You will have to install the kernel you built for use with LILO or a
different linux loader and reboot.
Needless to say that you will have to have gcc and make installed on your
system to do all that and maybe other things too...
These are the generic steps...
Hope that helps
Lazar
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