So far I've done the same as you, with one exception ... Charles Lewis wrote: > > Warning: newbie question... > > I have been able to recompile the kernel successfully a few times, but I'm > not sure what all is going on, and whether I am doing it the best way or > not. Here is an example of what I do when I update the kernel: > > Install debian kernel source using dselect (not sure how to do patches) > cd /usr/src > tar zxpvf kernel-source-2.2.12.tar.gz > cd kernel-source-2.2.12 > > make menuconfig (or xconfig) > make dep (make clean??) > make bzImage
... here I use make bzlilo instead. I also do some fiddling with symlinks to point to where I actually stow the kernel image. > make modules > make modules_install Doing make bzlilo puts the kernel image into / but I copy it into /boot and rename it similar to what you do here. > cp usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.12/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12 > rm /vmlinuz > ln -s /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12 /vmlinuz > (I learned the hard way that when I copied bzImage directly to /vmlinuz, I > was overwriting the previous kernel in /boot) This is pretty much what I do with the symlink that I mentioned. I've got 3 or 4 kernels on there, as I'm not sure yet which I'll be using the most (I've got some odd hardware issues). Once I get that settled I'll pare it down to one. > Now, my question is, is what I do above pretty much what everyone else does? > And what would be the equivalent steps for doing the same thing using > make-kpkg? After reading the man pages, I'm not sure what options I should > use or what the resulting deb would be. This is what I've been able to glean > so far: <snip make-kpkg stuff> I've always done it the way I outlined above and haven't had a problem yet. Frankly, I really don't see a need to do the make-kpkg thing. The "traditional" way works fine for me, and as the saying goes "If it ain't broke don't fix it". -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!" '91 GS500E | Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow.
