[gobolinux-users] Where did KernelPackage go?

[Michael Homer]

On 4/6/07, Simen <simen.oya at gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael Homer wrote:
> > On 4/6/07, Simen <simen.oya at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> What happend to KernelPackage (
> >> http://gobolinux.org/download/kernel/KernelPackage )? "InstallPackage
> >> Linux" didn't work to well, and "Compile Linux", well... It stills
> >> compiles :P Slow computer.
> >>
> > `InstallPackage Linux` is what you want. Or you can compile it, like
> > you're doing now. The kernel is a regular package now.
> > -Michael
> >
> `InstallPackage Linux` just sits on "InstallPackage: Uncompressing to
> /Programs". It does this like forever... I've tried to do `du -s
> /Program/Linux` and it's size is not growing. It stops at 132MB, but
> `InstallPackage Linux` still claims it is uncompressing it. I have swap
> and memory left to. This is a clean install. Only updated Scripts,
> Compile and Manager.
That part I can't explain. I'd suggest leaving it ticking over for a
while, it could take several minutes to decompress. It isn't all
installed into /P/Linux, so you can't just du -sh it and check if
anything's happening - it puts things into /S/K/Boot. Look at it in
htop and see whether it's using CPU; if it is, wait a while longer. If
you give up on that try `tar xjvf Linux--2.6.20-etc` to decompress it
manually and watch what's coming out.

I compiled the kernel myself when I upgraded, so I haven't any direct
experience using the package, but I imagine it will be working and
just taking its time about it. If it's really not doing anything at
all you've probably found a Scripts bug, but I don't expect that's the
case. In any case, since you're compiling it now I guess your original
problem is solved.
-Michael