apt-get update apt-get install kernel-package tar xvjf kernel-source-whatever cd kernel-source-whatever make <whatever>config (config) make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revision=<revisionname><revisionnumber> kernel_image
cd .. dpkg -i kernel-image-<revision, etc, etc, etc>.deb Look in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package Look in /usr/share/doc for most package descriptions. There's reasons for making kernel packages-- I had a really specific kernel that I had to make for some tomcat servers (all identical) and rather than compiling on each machine, and tarring modules and stuff over, I just got to copy a .deb over. It's also really easy to un/reinstall, etc. glen On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 03:54:35PM -0500, Dutch wrote: > > > Generally, do you recommend comiling a kernel my hand, the "normal way", > or the debian way? (Ive done it a 100 times the "normal way" but under > slackware & rat hed 7.2 - never under debian). > > If the debian way, where would I find a "debian-ized" kernel to download, > and where could I find a clearly written, step by step procedure? > > Thanks! > > > /* Dutch > Running Linux */ > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Glen S Mehn Lead Systems Administrator SquareTrade, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Building Trust in Transactions (sm)
