>"Aaron W." wrote:
>
>> If I use a kernel with modules what happens to the modules for the
>> old kernel after I make the new ones? If it overwrites the old modules what
>> will happen to the old kernel when and if I try to use it?
>
>When you compile new modules (with 'make modules modules_install'), the .o
>files which are the modules go to '/lib/modules/%VERSION%'. For instance,
>compiling modules for 2.2.10 creates a directory /lin/modules/2.2.10. Nothing
>will happen to you old existing modules, which would be located in
>/lib/modules/2.2.9-19 if you use Mandrake-6.
I have not upgraded the kernel so it would be the same version so would
it overwrite my modules in this case? I just want a more customized kernel
without a bunch of stuff I don't need using memory.
>Tip : you should compile your new modules while running the new kernel in
>order everything to go fine :
> uncompress new model
What new model? Are you talking about upgrading the kernel?
> make (menu|x)config
> make dep clean zImage
> install with lilo or loadlin or floppy or whatever
> reboot with the new kernel
> make modules modules_install
> do a 'depmod -a' to check everything's fine... You could then,
>either reboot a second time with your definitely new kernel, or do an 'init 1
>... init 3' to reload default modules
>
>I want to use a monolithic kernel but (I don't remember who) said that they
>could not get a
>2.2.X kernel to compile without modules.
>
>Never heard of such a thing, but modules are a godd thing, so why not use them
>?
>
>Didier
I don't really have any use for them. I either want something or I
don't. This system is at my house and does not need alot as far as the
kernel goes. Is there still a need for modules in a case where you have
nothing that you might need loaded sometimes but not others?
Later,
Aaron Winters, Electronic Imaging Manager.
Garner Printing, http://camalott.com/~garner
http://camalott.com/~kaw
