Hi erveryone, I have read al suggestions and advice on how to install my kernel (thanks a lot). But the thing is, that I have a school assignment in evaluating a linux kernel. I must admit that I am new to linux and so I thought that when I installed the newest kernel I was up to date enough for my assignment. But is it also possible to use the kernel that I have now or are there a lot of changes? And how can I look into the source code of this kernel I have now? Or is this not possible?
Again, thanks in advance Paul Akkermans ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 8:39 PM Subject: Re: question about patching my kernel > On Saturday 24 July 2004 07:46 am, Paul Akkermans wrote: > > uname -a > > Linux debian 2.2.20-idepci #1 Sat Apr 20 12:45:19 EST 2002 i686 unknown > > > > cat /etc/debian_version > > 3.0 > The basic procedure. Ask if you have any questions. > 1. Download: > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2 > 2. Untar the archive > tar xjvf linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2 > 3. Change directories into the archive > cd linux-2.6.7 > 4. Configure the kernel > make menuconfig > Note: you will be presented with lots of options. Select the ones that match > your computers hardware configuration. > 5. Build the kernel > make > 6. Become superuser and copy the relevent files to /boot > cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.7 > cp .config /boot/config-2.6.7 > cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 > 7. Copy any modules you built to /lib/modules > make modules_install > 8. Point your bootloader to the new kernel image > For lilo you need to edit /etc/lilo.conf and add a stanza like: > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 > label=2.6.7 > alias=linux > 9. Run lilo to update the boot record > lilo > 10. Reboot and have fun > -- > David Sanders > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
