On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 06:02:37PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thats interesting, I didn't know that.
>
> Do you know if deb-pkg and rpm-pkg take care of creating the initrd
> automatically.
>
> I seriously doubt they do.
>
> Actually, I guess I only need to compile another kernel to find
> It is *highly* recommended that you change the kernel identifier at
> least slightly, so that you can install '2.6.20-1.local' without
> overlaying
> the vendor-supplied 2.6.20-1 kernel. Among other things, this lets you
> boot back to the equivalent code level in the vendor kernel,
> so you c
> It is quite possible to build a kernel that has all the drivers built-in,
> but still require an initrd file. For instance, if you have a recent
> RedHat or Fedora system, '/' may very well be on an LVM partition, which
> means you need an initrd to do a 'lvm varyonvg' before mounting your real
On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:45:32 PDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Use rpm-pkg to create a Red Hat RPM kernel package.
> # make rpm-pkg
>
> When built, the RPM package is put in
> /usr/src/packages/RPMS/*your*architecture*
>
> # cd /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64
>
> Install the package (you may have to
On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:26:45 PDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
> YOU SHOULD compile all the drivers necessary to boot your system, into
> the kernel (ie, such drivers should not be built as modules).
>
> This way you will NOT need an initrd file.
It is quite possible to build a kernel that has all t
Just correcting some errors and typos.
Wouldn't want you to say that the linux kernel mailing list gave you
incorrect info.
COMPILING AND CONFIGURING A NEW KERNEL.
Download a recent kernel from http://www.kernel.org/
I will use the kernel linux-2.6.20.tar.bz2
You will have to change de
This is a reply to an email that I accidentally deleted.
COMPILING AND CONFIGURING A NEW KERNEL.
Download a recent kernel from http://www.kernel.org/
I will use the kernel linux-2.6.20.tar.bz2
You will have to change details of the following to suit your purposes.
Save it in /usr/src/
# mv
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