On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Kendrick Myatt wrote: > Hmmm... > In my /etc/modules file I only have the following: > #auto > serial > lp > ne > > However, each time I boot it is still going and polling for all the > nic cards and CD-ROMs, which effectively hoses my LAN. I tried modconf and > according to it, nothing is loaded except the above. > How hard is it to compile a kernel on Debian? I suppose I will have > to find out :) TIA for any options or ideas!
Compiling your own custom kernel the the way to go. You need to have the kernel source installed. Then, you can use the following sequence of commands as root: $ cd /usr/src/linux $ make config $ make dep ; make clean $ make zImage The last step creates a compressed kernel image in a subdirectory of /usr/src/linux (you'll see which one at the end of a successful compile). "make config" is a primitive interactive script. "make menuconfig" is a console/xterm menu-driven version, and "make xconfig" is a tcl/tk version of "make menuconfig". The advantage of the latter two is that you can go back and change previous settings without starting over. A great source of simple info about compiling kernels on linux, and configuring lilo to boot your kernel from the hard drive is the book _Running_Linux_ by Matt Welsh and Lar Kaufman. A earlier version by Welsh, titled _Linux_Installation_and_Getting_Started_ should be freely available on the web in ps format. I've also heard a rumor that someone is working on a new commercial version of this book which will include Debian-specific information. Luck. Syrus. ---------------------------------------------------------- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]