On Sunday 26 December 2004 06:40, Tim Ebenezer wrote: > Hi Again, > I built my kernel from source without it. Debian has a very unique great > way of installing a kernel. First apt-get kernel-source-2.6.x (x being
Shouldn't that be apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.x? > the version you want), then go to /usr/src, and usr tar -xvjf to untar > the source file, then go into the directory, apt-get install make-kpkg, Huh? Don't you mean apt-get install kernel-package? There is no make-kpkg package. > then configure the kernel using make menuconfig (it'll give you a menu > where you can select options), then use make-kpkg, to build a kernel > package, once it's done - do cd .., and then apt-get install > kernel-image-2.6.x-whatever.. and it'll be in grub when you reboot.. Huh? Don't you mean dpkg -i kernel-image-whatever? I would recommend you use aptitude to get both kernel-package and kernel-source at the same time. Then you can unpack it like you describe, configure it and make it. Then use dpkg -i to install. Anders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
