[Techtalk] Need some source code help - getting it
Conor Daly
conor.daly at oceanfree.net
Tue Mar 12 19:41:20 EST 2002
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 08:24:26AM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Gehring, Bernard thought:
> I am taking an operating systems class and all of the projects will be
> in linux. Our first project and introduction to linux is adding system
> calls to the kernel, recompiling and running programs to use those
> system calls. I have borrowed CDs to install redhat 7.2-1, but didn't
> get the source code. My linux box does not have a connection to the
> internet or any network and when I attempt to download the source rpm
> from redhat on my windows box, it attempts to run the program, can't,
> and then seems to loose track of the source it just downloaded. Any
> suggestions for a good place to get the source for redhat 7.2-1 that
> I will be able to download to a windows 2000 box, transfer to cd then
> install on my linux box. Thanks for any help you can provide.
AFAIR, if you Shift-click on a link you get the option to save the link to
disk.
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