Try this: Download and install the src rpm, it will go in /usr/src itself Down and dirty........
cd to /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-31 make mrproper make xconfig make dep make bzImage <or whatever> make modules make modules_install Garf [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 10 March 2002 05:59 pm, you wrote: > Heh, ok here's the thing. I'm in no rush to get my other machine setup > as router/server/firewall/juijitsu-master quite yet (though that's the > idea for later on); hence my mention of looking at different modem > modules. Firstly, I'd just like to compile a fresh kernel from scratch > to get out some old bloat, maybe introduce some new bloat, and generally > just play around with optimization. But as it is I'm stuck, not at the > drawing board, but at the store trying to find where the drawing boards > are sold. If you catch my drift. > > Here's a list of what I've already tried: > > - unpacked the 2.4.18 kernel into /usr/src (an otherwise empty > directory) > > - make xconfig (mostly getting rid of stuff I was pretty sure had > nothing in common with my hardware setup). > > - make dep > > - make clean (just to be sure) > > - make bzImage > > - make modules > > - make modules_install > > - depmod -a > > - the howtos seem to end at this point; some mention a lilo command (I'm > using grub). One mentioned copying the system.map file to /boot, which > I did but wasn't sure if i had to name it appropriately. Also, my /boot > directory contains a number of initrd-2.4.x-x.img files which are named > after various kernel releases (as updated via up2date). And I'm not > sure to get one of these for the freshly compiled kernel. > > Any suggestions? > > p.s., the modprobe command returned "command not found", which seems a > bit odd. > > > Sounds like you're rebuilding your house because you can't find the > > good scissors. :-) > > > > What module do you think you need, and why? Just about everything > > under the sun is available in a stock Red Hat build. 'modprobe > > <modulename>' is the usual way to load it. > > > > - -d > > > > - -- > > David Talkington > > > > PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp > > - -- > > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: PGP 6.5.8 > > Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > > > > iQA/AwUBPIvY7b9BpdPKTBGtEQJHiwCgxN+8oO3Y+Lwka9yWDz/lYzplNE8AoJSX > > VcbZroHTrSrRQMnKyr5aCAoF > > =zVPx > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
