Re: set up new kernel with grub

2007-04-06 Thread WANG Cong
On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 09:23:38AM -0500, Michael wrote: >Hi, Wang, > >Thanks for replying. So which step is doing the compilation of each >module , "make oldconfig" or "make" ? For compilation, I mean the step >to compile the source code to .o file. > >Regards, > >Mike > 'Make' does that. 'Make

Re: set up new kernel with grub

2007-04-06 Thread Michael
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:15 PM Subject: Re: set up new kernel with grub On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:28:03PM -0500, Michael wrote: Hi, Dick, Your

Re: set up new kernel with grub

2007-04-05 Thread WANG Cong
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:28:03PM -0500, Michael wrote: >Hi, Dick, > >Your steps work beautifully. Thanks. > >If you could explain a little about what happens in each step, that >would be even better. > >> # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3 >> If your current kernel is 2.6.20.3, edit the Makefile to >>

Re: set up new kernel with grub

2007-04-05 Thread Michael
esday, April 04, 2007 10:53 AM Subject: Re: set up new kernel with grub On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Michael wrote: Hi, I compiled a new kernel: 2.6.20.3, and hope to test it without removing my old kernel. You don't need to remove your old kernel. Log in as root. # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.20

Re: set up new kernel with grub

2007-04-04 Thread Robert Hancock
Michael wrote: Hi, I compiled a new kernel: 2.6.20.3, and hope to test it without removing my old kernel. Here is what I did by following http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1204148,00.html Those instructions are way out of date. All you should need to do is

Re: set up new kernel with grub

2007-04-04 Thread linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Michael wrote: > Hi, > > I compiled a new kernel: 2.6.20.3, and hope to test it without removing > my old kernel. You don't need to remove your old kernel. Log in as root. # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3 If your current kernel is 2.6.20.3, edit the Makefile to add some characte

set up new kernel with grub

2007-04-04 Thread Michael
Hi, I compiled a new kernel: 2.6.20.3, and hope to test it without removing my old kernel. Here is what I did by following http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1204148,00.html : I built the kernel in a local directory, say "mydir", with kernel "bzImage-2.6.20.3