I followed tom's kernel upgrade iii-source instructions through the
compilation and installation section of the tutorial on MUO.
Now I am scared. I got "exec /sbin/installkernel 2.4.4mjb bzImage
/usr/src/linux/System.map /boot
look like there was a problem, the default vmlinuz version is not th
perhaps you did not include something that your hardware needed, like IDE
drives? Also, did you do that bit about "links to the header directories
must be symbolic links".. On my Mandrake 8, they were not symbolic, they
were real directories!
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Turgut Kalfaoglu: http://www.kalfaoglu.c
Following the directions in the README, I
make config
make dep
make bzImage
According to the README, you're supposed to replace the exisiting kernel
image with the new image. But the current image is simple a link to
vmlinuz in /boot. So I copied the new image to /boot/vmlinux-2.4.4 and
moved
A success story: Kernel recompilation is very easy! I just did it :)
It comes with a great README, and I just followed it.
I had to re-install my linmodem (Thinkpads are blessed with linmodems!)
but that was the only thing.
..and my Trackpoint mouse now works :)
Thanks to everyone that helped!
2.4.4 is the latest in the new stable series.
The development series has an odd minor number. In the case of 2.4.4, 2
is the major number, 4 is the minor and the .4 is the point release
number.
Eg., 2.3.x and 2.5.x would be development (kernel developer/brave
soul-oriented).
The 2.2.x is the o
Isn't 2.4.4 experimental, and for brave souls only?
Won't the next stable kernel be named 2.4.5?
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