download the kernel from kernel.org place it /tmp or where ever go to the
directory you placed it in say /tmp
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ gzip -cd linux-2.4.5.tar.gz | tar xvf -
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ cd linux
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ make mrproper
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ make xconfig
now configure with the options you want save and exit
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ make dep
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ make bzImage
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ make modules
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ make modules_install
then you have to copy the bzImage you created in /tmp/linux/arch/(i think)
i386/boot to /boot then edit /etc/lilo.conf to see the other image DONT
remove the other kernel incase this one doesn;t work properly
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ /sbin/lilo
then reboot
brandon caudle
>From: Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Ed Kasky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: Mandrake Newbie List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [newbie] How to Compile Kernel
>Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:39:34 -0400
>
>Well here's the deal.
>
>Start out with this web page.
>
>http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/kupgrade3.html
>
>It tells you that you can go through and create your own .config file
>but I suggest you use the make xconfig. I didn't want to do it that
>way to start, but having tried to do it manually so many times and
>getting so many errors that it wouldn't finish, I resorted to that.
>
>I still get errors some times, but often it's just that it had a problem
>writing to /etc/lilo.conf. At which point I just delete the last part of
>the file, and ran the kernel commands again. If I get no errors, I try and
>boot the kernel.
>
>After you try booting, you may get some errors. Investigate those before
>you go and try and fix the kernel. For example, I get two errors when I
>boot now. One of them is USB, which I disabled in the kernel. I'm not
>going to use it, so get rid of it! And the other is that it can't load the
>module for es1371, which is for my sound card.
>
>I rebuilt a kernel and tried tones of stuff before I actually tried
>something that required sound. Suddenly I was hearing sound! So it may
>say
>that it had a problem with loading it, but for some reason or another
>actually did load it!
>
>So try the instructions from that web page. I downloaded the latest 2.4.5
>kernel, and conpiled that to come up with:
>
>[timh@r2d2 timh]$ uname -a
>Linux r2d2 2.4.5-R2D2-20mdk #6 SMP Mon Jun 4 00:04:14 EDT 2001
>i686 unknown
>
>In the Makefile I added -R2D2-20mdk since my machine's name is R2D2 so I
>knew which one I was actually loading when I boot, as well as what the
>vmlinux-(BLAH BLAH BLAH) would look like as well.
>
>After I've booted it and everything works, even sound, I went in DrakConf
>and made my new kernel the default kernel to be loaded. Now everything's
>going smooth.
>
>Hope those instructions help you, and in selecting options for your kernel,
>get rid of things you don't have, and won't use. IF you don't SCSI
>devices,
>disable that drive. If you're going to be dealing with a cross platform
>network, get rid of AppleTalk. Or the AM/FM Radio options and more. Makes
>the kernel smaller, makes the machine boot faster as well.
>
>Good luck!
>tdh
>
>
>T. Holmes
>-----------------
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>"Real Men Us Vi!"
>| Tim -
>|
>| I downloaded the recent src but the explanation in the README was a
>little
>| cryptic at the end. I read the chapter in the Reference Manual for LM
>and
>| it is a lot more specific for someone with my level of experience with
>| kernel configuration.
>|
>| I'll let you know how it goes...
>|
>| Thanks -
>|
>| Ed
>|
>| ~~~~~~~~
>| Ed Kasky
>| Los Angeles, CA
>| Just another day in paradise... }B->)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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