Re: Custom kernel and boot problems still...
There's a package called 'kernel-package' that has Debian Linux kernel package build scripts in it. You can find kernel-package from section misc. Note that there might be a newer version in unstable than stable. I'm attaching a previous mail from debian-user about the same question. Make-kpkg is one of the files in package kernel-package. You wrote: [cut] > How hard is it to compile a kernel on Debian? I suppose I will have > to find out :) TIA for any options or ideas! [cut] // Heikki To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: A few questions. From: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 08 Jan 1997 03:56:23 -0600 Hi, About question 2: >>"Jon" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jon> 2) I am use to directly building slackware kernals. Will Jon> something like make config; make; make zImage; make zlilo; make Jon> modules; make modules_install break any dependancy info? I Jon> noticed make-kpkg; what options would be comparable to the makes Jon> above? The procedure would work, but leave no record with dpkg about the kernel being used. I like being able to use dpkg to track kernel images/sources and easy install/de-install. The above sequence is equivalent to the excerpt from the README file: INSTALLATION NOTES: For the Brave and the impatient: 1% cd 2% make config # or make menuconfig or make xconfig and configure 3% make-kpkg -r=custom.1.0 kernel_image 4% dpkg -i ../kernel-image-X.XXX_1.0_.deb 5% shutdown -r now # If and only if LILO worked or you have a means of # booting the new kernel. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! Detailed instructions ... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Custom kernel and boot problems still...
On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Kendrick Myatt wrote: > Hmmm... > In my /etc/modules file I only have the following: > #auto > serial > lp > ne > > However, each time I boot it is still going and polling for all the > nic cards and CD-ROMs, which effectively hoses my LAN. I tried modconf and > according to it, nothing is loaded except the above. > How hard is it to compile a kernel on Debian? I suppose I will have > to find out :) TIA for any options or ideas! Compiling your own custom kernel the the way to go. You need to have the kernel source installed. Then, you can use the following sequence of commands as root: $ cd /usr/src/linux $ make config $ make dep ; make clean $ make zImage The last step creates a compressed kernel image in a subdirectory of /usr/src/linux (you'll see which one at the end of a successful compile). "make config" is a primitive interactive script. "make menuconfig" is a console/xterm menu-driven version, and "make xconfig" is a tcl/tk version of "make menuconfig". The advantage of the latter two is that you can go back and change previous settings without starting over. A great source of simple info about compiling kernels on linux, and configuring lilo to boot your kernel from the hard drive is the book _Running_Linux_ by Matt Welsh and Lar Kaufman. A earlier version by Welsh, titled _Linux_Installation_and_Getting_Started_ should be freely available on the web in ps format. I've also heard a rumor that someone is working on a new commercial version of this book which will include Debian-specific information. Luck. Syrus. -- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>UCSD Physics Dept. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Custom kernel and boot problems still...
Hmmm... In my /etc/modules file I only have the following: #auto serial lp ne However, each time I boot it is still going and polling for all the nic cards and CD-ROMs, which effectively hoses my LAN. I tried modconf and according to it, nothing is loaded except the above. How hard is it to compile a kernel on Debian? I suppose I will have to find out :) TIA for any options or ideas! Regards, Kendrick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
