>>>>> "I" == Ian Mcleod <Mcleod> writes:
I> uuurrrggghhh I am yet to successfully compile anything let
I> alone a kernel.. I have been using Linux for years and I still
I> don't understand this really basic stuff.. Quite shameful I
I> know..
Not at all: Compiling the kernel is not for the squeamish -- if you
go to kernelbook.sourceforge.net, you can download my old guide for
compiling the 2.2 kernel -- for all it's advances, the 2.4 kernel
is pretty much the exact same process, only now there are hundreds
of options. Basically, if an option doesn't make sense, make it
a module ;)
There is one very important difference, and others may correct me
on this, but here's my brute-force sequence for actually installing
a new kernel under Mandrake 9.0:
- get the kernel tarball from ftp.tux.org and unpack in /usr/src
- symlink linux-2.4.19 to /usr/src/linux
- take my .config from that previous message and put it into linux
- "make oldconfig"
- "make xconfig" and check every form for any obvious errors or
omissions, especially for filesystem and network support
- "make bzImage modules dep clean"
- create a temp dir "mkdir ~/tmpboot"
- "INSTALL_PATH=~/tmpboot INSTALL_MODULE_PATH=/lib/modules make bzlilo
modules_install"
- go have a nice dinner, a bath, watch some TV...
- "mv ~/tmpboot/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.19"
- "mv ~/tmpboot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19"
- run "drakboot" and add the new vmlinux-2.4.19 to the bootloader
reboot, and if it's better, go back to drakboot and set it as the
default kernel; if it's worse, try to figure out from the dmesg
listings what was missing or reconfigured and go through it all
again.
it's less painful than a root canal, and more fun than detention.
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