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diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.0.36/linux/README linux/README
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@
 		gzip -cd linux-2.0.XX.tar.gz | tar xfv -
 
    to get it all put in place. Replace "XX" with the version number of the
-   latest kernel.
+   latest kernel. If you use GNU tar, 
+
+		cd /usr/src
+		tar -xzvf linux-2.1.XX.tar.gz
+
+   is equivalent.
 
  - You can also upgrade between 2.0.xx releases by patching.  Each
    patch that is released for 2.0.xx contains only bugfixes.  No
@@ -75,15 +80,6 @@
    can be specified as the first argument.  Patches are applied from
    the current directory, but an alternative directory can be specified
    as the second argument.
-
- - make sure your /usr/include/asm, /usr/include/linux, and /usr/include/scsi
-   directories are just symlinks to the kernel sources:
-
-		cd /usr/include
-		rm -rf asm linux scsi
-		ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386 asm
-		ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux linux
-		ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/scsi scsi
 
  - make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around:
 

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