On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:21:26 +0100 "Jan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am about to set up a new VMWare host since VMWare Server is now a free > application. > > I have understood that in order to complie the various modules, you "must" > use the exact same GCC for the kernel as for the module. > > Now, if I want to grab linux-image-2.6.15-686-smp and make sure I can build > the VMWare modules how would I go about doing that? > > Can I download the kernel source and make an "exact copy" of the prepackaged > kernel somehow? As in, all modules compiled the same way and so forth? > > Any hints appreciated! You could try 'make oldconfig' using your current config (you can find it in /boot) and use make-kpkg to build a kernel package, which you can install with 'dpkg -i your-kernel-package.deb' Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
