(Please fix your line length. Your email program isn't wrapping
it properly :)
Compiling a new kernel is useful if the kernel you have doesn't
provide some feature you want. For example, I had to recompile
my kernel so that I could set up my firewall. It is also a good
idea to recompile your kernel because the one you are probably
using will be quite bloated. By recompiling, you can strip out
all the features that you just don't need. I ended up with a
kernel about half the size. This may only be about a 700K
difference in memory usage but on a smaller machine, that can be
important.
So basically, if your kernel is working fine for you, don't
worry about it. But if you want to play around, download a
kernel source (best bet is to use one of the kernel-source
packages), go to /usr/src/linux (or wherever the source is put),
make sure you are root, and do:
make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
(they are going to try to make this easier in the future)
And then copy /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot and
edit your /etc/lilo.conf file. Rerun lilo, reboot. :)
If these instructions sound complicated, I advise that you DO
NOT DO IT without an experienced Linux guy around in person to
help you out. If you do them incorrectly, your machine may no
longer boot and that would be a shame.
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote:
>
> I know this question might be a bit general, but I see
people talk about compiling the kernal all the time when
discussing Linux and I was wondering what this was all about.
Is it something I need to do every so often? How do I do it?
When does it need to be done and why?
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