On Wednesday 18 February 2004 11:49 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > On Wednesday 18 February 2004 11:09 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:59:46 -0500 > > > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Kernel HOWTO is 'being reviewed', so could someone kindly post a > > > step by step on building and compiling a new kernel. I have the source, > > > and i extracted it into /usr/src. > > > > > > I believe I start with make config? > > > > Ok, here we go! > > > > 1. Make sure the kernel you downloaded is a 2.6 kernel :). > > > > 2. Make sure the patches you would like are all downloaded. I usually > > apply the mm patches and the bootsplash patch. They aren't necessary but > > add nice features. The mm patch is available at kernel.org (make sure > > kernel and mm patch versions match) make sure you are in the kernel > > source > > directory, and apply the mm patch like so: > > bzcat /full/path/to/mmpatch.bz2 | patch -p1 > > > > 3. download the bootsplash patch > > (if you like eyecandy) from bootsplash.org. As long as you download the > > version for the 2.6 kernel, it doesn't matter what the actual version > > number is. Apply this patch in almost the same way: cat > > /path/to/bootsplash.patch | patch -p1 > > > > 4. In the source directory, type make xconfig. > > > > 5. Choose your options carefully > > In "Block Devices", check both RAM disk support and Initial RAM disk > > (initrd) support. The Default RAM disk size is set to 32000 on my > > computer. > > Under Graphics Support, check Bootup splash screen under Bootsplash > > Configuration and UNCHECK Boot Logo under Logo Configuration. > > Besides those, I usually check almost everything in case there's > > something I need that I don't realize. > > > > 6. Save your config, and exit > > > > 7. Type make all > > > > 8. As root, type > > make modules_install > > > > 9. Then (still in source directory), type: > > cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-<kernel version> > > 10. Then type: > > mkinitrd /boot/initrd-<kernel version>.img <kernel version> > > (On my comp, i typed 'mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.1-mm1.img 2.6.1-mm1') > > > > 11. If you have the bootsplash-themes package installed, now is the time > > to utilize them. Go into /etc/bootsplash/themes/ and look at the config > > files. There should be paths to images. Look at those images and decide > > which theme in general you like best. When your ready, type: > > cat /etc/bootsplash/themes/<your theme>/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg >> > > /boot/initrd-<kernel version>.img > > > > 12. Edit /etc/lilo.conf to include your new kernel: > > image=/boot/bzImage-<kernel version> > > label="linux-2.6" #or whatever you want to call it > > root=/dev/hda5 #check other entries and make the same. should be > > partition that / is located on initrd=/boot/initrd-<kernel > > version>.img append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off" > > emulation read-only vga=791 > > > > 13. on the append line above, splash can either be silent or verbose. > > Other than that, they can be the same as your other entries, but don't > > have any hd?=ide-scsi it's no longer necessary > > > > 14. Save the file, and run 'lilo' as root > > > > 15. Reboot and hope it works correctly > > > > Sorry if this was long and winded. If anything is confusing, let me know > > and I'll try to help. > > > > John > > I get this error message when trying to run make xconfig: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.3]# make xconfig > HOSTCC scripts/fixdep > SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.h > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o > sed < scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h > scripts/kconfig/lkc_defs.h > 's/P(\([^,]*\),.*/#define \1 (\*\1_p)/' > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kconfig_load.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o > /usr/lib/qt3//bin/moc -i scripts/kconfig/qconf.h -o > scripts/kconfig/qconf.moc HOSTCXX scripts/kconfig/qconf.o > /bin/sh: line 1: g++: command not found > make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/qconf.o] Error 127 > make: *** [xconfig] Error 2 Nevermind, just had to install the gcc C++ compiler. But I got several 'trying to assign nonexistant symbol' errors. Is this fatal?
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