INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNVERSITY ISLAMBAD (IIUI)

Installation of linux - 2.6.38.6.tar.bz2 Lab Task - Assignment #10

Misbah Saleem Registration No # 596 - FBAS/BSSE/S08

Task-1:

Task1 will be completed individually and screen shots and answers submitted as part of assignment

Note: To claim full marks, the errors thrown must be submitted as screen shots as well

1. Download the kernel tar ball from osst directory on student share (Installation of linux-2.6.38.6.tar.bz2)

Done

2. What does 2.6.38.6 in the aforementioned tar ball means?

This is the version or builds number of the linux kernel.

3. Untar the tar ball in your home directory

tar xvf linux-2.6.38.6.tar.bz2

4. Read the README file

1. cd linux-2.6.38.6

2. cat README

5. What are all the make targets?

Targets are mostly files which are defined in Makefile. When we write make, it ensures that those targets are up-to-date. If

not, it uses shell command defined in Makefile to do update of files so that targets can be created.