Note: this was sent to me privately; I'm redirecting the followups to the
list. I am with Rick Moen on the netiquette of helping on a list, see:
http://hugin.imat.com/~rick/faq/ (i.e. don't send a help request to me
privately)
get the new kernel (ftp.kernel.org is one site) and put it in /usr/src
(probably you need to be root to do the latter)
tar -zxf (filename) -- if it ends in .gz, I think they're now doing bz2,
if you get one of those:
bunzip2 (filename)
tar -xf (filename)
cd into the created directory
make menuconfig (or make xconfig or make config) to select the kernel
options you prefer. Be careful and read every single one.
Then, as root (because I like to do it on ONE BIG HAPPY command line):
make dep; make clean ; make bzImage ; make modules ; make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage to wherever your current kernel is: either / or
/boot, depending on distro. DO NOT COPY OVER YOUR OLD KERNEL! You should
give it a name other than bzImage though. :)
edit /etc/lilo.conf using your editor of choice, adding a *second* entry
just like the first one except for the name of the new kernel image and
the name you use at the lilo prompt for it. I usually name my newest
kernel linux and the other ones something that identifies them: linux-2035
for 2.0.35.
/sbin/lilo
I repeat, run /sbin/lilo
If you get ANY errors, it didn't run and your system is in an unbootable
state. Fix it and run /sbin/lilo again.
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> PLs help me do it
>
> Guido,
> Saludos/Regards
> Asuncion Paraguay
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