make install will direcly install the new kernel
Ian Dobson wrote:
> Well in a nutshell, assuming no mistakes and no scsi modules
> make dep
> make clean
> make bzImage
> cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18
> make modules
> make modules_install
>
> edit the /etc/lilo.conf
> add a whole new section for the new kernel that looks like this
> image=/boot/vmlinux-2.2.18
> label=new
> read-only
> root=/dev/whatever the other one is
> then save it and run
> lilo -v
>
> if no errors you can reboot, when the lilo promt appears type new
> and press enter
> if it all works fine then you can reedit lilo.conf and change the
> default=new
>
> On 14 Feb 2001, at 2:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > hi,
> > I have downloaded the kernel upgrade linux-2.2.18.tar.gz and
> > I tried to upgrade my redhat 6.1 with kernel 2.2.12-20 with no
> > success. I downloaded the file from www.kernel.org. Is this
> > compatible with Redhat? It is a source file. I compile it using
> > "make oldconfig" and just press "ENTER" to all those questions
> > assuming they are the default ones. After that I run "make dep"
> > and finally a "make bzImage". After some time all seems to compile
> > with no errors or so it seems. My problem is how do I install
> > my newly created kernel to boot up default. I copy my bzImage
> > to /boot/vmlinuz and then booted up but the old kernel was still
> > there. Where is my problem? Is the source file not compatible
> > with redhat?
> >
> > Please help.
> >
> > Raul S. Bucad
> >
> >
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