On Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 11:40:42PM -0600, Cristov Russell wrote: Hi Cristov > > Is any one here a kernel guru? I posted a problem a couple of times this I'm not a kernel guru, maybe I can help You there 2 ways to build a kernel, the traditionell cd /usr/src/linux Steps: 1. make xconfig, ore make menuconfig, or make config 2. make dep 3. make clean 4. make zImage, or make bzImage (if kernel > 512 kb) 5. make modules 6. make modules_install 7. depmod -a 8. make zlilo You can combine these steps to one line, e.g. make dep clean zImage modules modules_install zlilo
the other, more "up-to-date" way is using the kernelpackage cd /usr/src/linux Steps(I filled in example building): make xconfig make-kpkg clean moke-kpkg --rootcmd --revision=custom.1.0.kernel_image dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.0.35_custom.1.0_i386.deb this is more comfortable depmod -a is called automatically and Your kernel is known by the package list But, You must have the kernel-package installed before usage. actually is kernel-package_5_12.deb you can get it from `www.debian.org' by following the download guide to the development package For further use its always a good idea to have one running kernel added in '/etc/lilo.conf' e.g. # Start LILO global Section boot=/dev/sda2 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal prompt delay=20 read-only # End LILO global section image=/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 append="mem=128M" label=Linux # Linux bootable partition config begins image = /vmlinuz.old root = /dev/sda7 label = old # Linux bootable partition config ends # # DOS bootable partition config begins other = /dev/sda1 label = dos table = /dev/sda2 # DOS bootable partition config ends # # end of '/etc/lilo.conf' than You can at boot prompt LILO: LILO: old and the old kernel comes up that makes, for me, installing a new kernel not never can get a 'nightmare' hope it helps, my english is very rudimentary, sorry -- Wis You all the very best Peter
