On Sunday 22 October 2006 18:02, cothrige wrote: [...] > In the past, as a Slackware user, I never installed an OS where I > didn't immediately compile a new kernel. Slack uses a 2.4 kernel, and > I use some peripheral items which seem to require, or at least greatly > prefer a 2.6 kernel. The process I used was very simple, and I got > quite used to it. I downloaded the sources from www.kernel.org and > opened them up in /usr/src/. I then would run 'make menuconfig', > 'make' and 'make modules_install.' I copied the bzImage into /boot, > as well as the System.map and config file. I edited lilo.conf, ran > /sbin/lilo and rebooted into the new kernel. All usually went well > and I rarely had to look back. > [...] > Or, is there maybe a Debian tool to compile a kernel which is > intended to be used rather than this "classic" method? While things > seem fine with the kernel installed from apt, better than fine > actually, I figure the day is going to come when I will need to > compile a new kernel, and I would like to know if possible what to > expect. Not to mention just plain how to do it. [...]
Hi Patrick, I always compile my own kernels the Debian (testing) way like this: -Install the latest Debian linux-source package (currently linux-source-2.6.17); or you can use vanilla source as you describe -Make a symlink /usr/src/linux to the resulting folder /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.17 (is this step still necessary?) -Configure the kernel -In /usr/src/linux, run "make-kpkg buildpackage kernel-image" (there are other options, in the man page) -Install the resulting .deb packages in /usr/src with dpkg -i - Reboot into your new kernel This will build a kernel without an initrd, so you must compile in all drivers for the the boot disk(s). Or use the --initrd option. If you are recompiling a kernel with the same version name, you must move /lib/modules/[$KERNEL_VERSION] out of the way (you are warned if you forget!), or you can use the --revision or --append-to-version options to avoid this. HTH, John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
