From: Felipe Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I downloaded a new kernel but I don't know how to compile it. What do I
> need to do? Could someone please tell me, step-by-step if possible, how
First, there are howtos and the like, which will have _much_ more detail
than what I'm about to say. That said, here's the basic idea:
1. su to (or log in as) root
2. cd /usr/src
3. rm linux
4. tar zxfv linux-2.2.13.tar.gz
5. mv linux linux-2.2.13
6. ln -s linux linux-2.2.13
7. cd linux
8. make config (or make menuconfig, or make xconfig--I use the latter)
9. Select all the options you want compiled.
10. make clean
11. make dep
12. make bzImage
13. make modules
14. make modules_install
15. cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13
NB I may have the path wrong here, but I think it's right.
16. cd /boot
In /boot, I like to have a symlink from "vmlinuz" to the latest kernel
(vmlinuz-2.2.13 in this case), and another symlink from "vmlinuz-old" to the
next most recent (and presumably known-good) kernel. This way, I don't need
to edit /etc/lilo.conf every time I upgrade my kernel; I just re-run
/sbin/lilo.
17. pico /etc/lilo.conf
If you followed my recommendation in the last step, you need to make
sure here that you have two entries--one called "linux" and the other called
"linux-old", and pointing to /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/vmlinuz-old,
respectively. You can use whatever editor you like; I like to use pico.
18. /sbin/lilo
19. reboot.
