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<b><font face="ARIAL NARROW,HELVETICA">Installing from the Source</font></b></h2>
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In this procedure, you start with a "vanilla" linux-2.4.x tarball
(linux-2.4.x.tar.gz, or linux-2.4.x.tar.bz2) and apply patches to obtain
an XFS-capable kernel.
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<li>Obtain a vanilla linux-2.4.x tree from a <a href="http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/">
kernel.org mirror</a> and unpack it into wherever you'd like to perform the build.</li>
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<li>Download the latest
patch files and place them in the
the top-level directory of your unpacked 2.4.x kernel (i.e. <tt>linux/</tt>).
The most recent patches
available for download are provided
<a href="patchlist.html"> here</a>.
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<li>Uncompress each patch with <tt>gunzip <i>patchfile_name</i>.gz</tt>
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<li>For each patch, run <tt>patch -p1 &#060  <i>patchfile_name&nbsp</i></tt> 
in the top directory of your linux source tree.

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</ul>

<p>
After you have downloaded the XFS Linux patches, you will
then need to configure and install the kernel, as described in
<A href="kernelconf.html"> Configuring and Installing the
XFS Linux Kernel</A>.
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