[NTLUG:Discuss] kernels

[Lance Simmons]

On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 02:14:07PM -0700, Scott Denlinger wrote:
> Lance wrote:
> 
> >Did you try starting from the original config file for your _bootable_
> >kernel and then modifying it for what you need? 
> >
> I'm not sure where that .config file would be. I installed Debian Woody 
> from boot floppies and the Internet. The config file for this 
> distribution appears to be in the /boot directory called 
> 'config-2.4.18-bf2.4', since I used the 2.4 kernel option when I 
> installed it. (Debian Woody allows you to choose a 2.2 kernel if you 
> want it, hence the 'bf2.4' tag.) I'm not sure how to recompile using 
> this file, or even how to just use that file and compile ftape as a 
> module using it as a target.


  cd <kernel source directory> 
  Be sure you have write permission in the directory and 
  for all the files. One way would be: 
	su 
	cd .. 
	chown -R <user>.<user> <source-directory>
	exit

  cp /boot/config-2.4.18-bf2.4 ./.config

  make oldconfig 
  (answer the questions to the best of your ability)

  make menuconfig 
  (look through the configuration to make changes, such
  as the module you want)

  fakeroot make-kpkg clean

  rm debian/official 
  (in case you've got the official stamp)

  fakeroot make-kpkg --append_to_version=-2002-07-26 kernel_image

  cd ..

  su
  (to install the package)

  dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.18-2002-07-26_10.00.Custom_i386.deb
  (Answer the installation questions)
  
  exit
  (to become a normal user)

  ls -l /vmlinuz* 
  (to see that the symbolic links point to the right images)

  Study /etc/lilo.conf to be sure /vmlinuz and /vmlinuz.old are entries

  lilo 
  (just to be sure)

  reboot

> >Does your kernel use initrd, and do you have initrd enabled at bootup?
> >That's what the failure to load modules sounds like to me.
> >
> No, I'm not using initrd.

So ls /boot/initrd* doesn't show anything.

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