Chris said:> On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 05:04:35PM -0700, Bill or Summer wrote: > > Can anyone help me with recompiling my kernel? I'm relatively new to > > Linux and am running the Corel V1.0 which is basically Debian. I've > > read all the man and HOWTO pages and none of the commands specified > > seem to work. I'm getting errors from "make config," "make xconfig," > > and "menuconfig" like: "nothing to do," "target not specified," and > > "rules not found." What I want to do is reconfigure the kernel to > > just get rid of unneeded stuff (i.e. SCSI, RAID, etc) and add a NE2000 > > driver to get my network card working. Who wants to help? Please > > just give me the steps, at this point I don't care if I have to > > reinstall the system again. I also did a full install so point me to > > the right directories for source and whatnot. > > First of all, a bit of etiquette: please wrap your lines at less than > 80 characters. Thank you. > > First, you need to make sure that you have the kernel source. If not, > try one of the kernel.org mirrors and hunt around until you find a file > like linux-2.2.16.tar.gz. Then untar it into the /usr/src directory > (you will probably need root privileges to do this) using the command > "tar xvzf linux-2.2.16.tar.gz". This should create a directory linux/ > in /usr/src. You should then cd into that directory. Now you should be > able to make menuconfig. > > Once you are done configuring to your heart's content, you need to make > dep and make bzImage. If you have selected any options as modules, you > will also need to make modules and make modules_install. This will all > take a while, so you can have a cup of coffee. > > Next is getting lilo to work. You should mv arch/i386/boot/bzImage to > /boot/bzImage-2.2.16 and add the following to your /etc/lilo.conf file. > > image=/boot/bzImage-2.2.16 > label=newlinux # can be whatever you want it to be > read-only > root=/dev/hda5 # assuming this is true > # any other things that you want, like append="mem=127M" for > # example > > You should add this directly above the first such entry that already > exists in /etc/lilo.conf. Then run lilo and reboot. Don't worry too > much about making mistakes; you can boot the old kernel by typing the > its name (most probably linux) at the lilo boot: prompt. > > Hope this helps, > Chris > > -- > pick, pack, pock, puck: like drops of water in a fountain falling > softly in the brimming bowl. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 05:04:35PM -0700, Bill or Summer wrote: > > Can anyone help me with recompiling my kernel? I'm relatively new to > > Linux and am running the Corel V1.0 which is basically Debian. I've > > read all the man and HOWTO pages and none of the commands specified > > seem to work. I'm getting errors from "make config," "make xconfig," > > and "menuconfig" like: "nothing to do," "target not specified," and > > "rules not found." What I want to do is reconfigure the kernel to > > just get rid of unneeded stuff (i.e. SCSI, RAID, etc) and add a NE2000 > > driver to get my network card working. Who wants to help? Please > > just give me the steps, at this point I don't care if I have to > > reinstall the system again. I also did a full install so point me to > > the right directories for source and whatnot. > <snip> > > First, you need to make sure that you have the kernel source. If not, > try one of the kernel.org mirrors and hunt around until you find a file > like linux-2.2.16.tar.gz. Then untar it into the /usr/src directory > (you will probably need root privileges to do this) using the command > "tar xvzf linux-2.2.16.tar.gz". This should create a directory linux/ > in /usr/src. You should then cd into that directory. Now you should be > able to make menuconfig. > Use "apt-get install kernel-source-2.x" to download and install the kernel source. Also do "apt-get install kernel-package" and read the README in /usr/ share/kernel-package. -- ptw miscelaneous endeavors ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
