----- Original Message ----- From: Johannes Holzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Luis Gomez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Dale Amon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 8:10 AM Subject: Re: own kernel vs debian kernel > > It's much simpler by doing it the Debian way:
and more secure, at least for those ones (like me) with less experience than debian (security) guys. To do a custom kernel of my own, and to do less mistakes I use such a trick. - download kernel-image-2.4.18-????.deb which has maximum fitures I need (but not all), - extract /boot/config-2.4.18 from it into /usr/src/linux/.config - run make-kpkg menuconfig and do minor changes - build and install kernel-image-2.4.18-custom > make menuconfig / xconfig, whatever > make-kpkg kernel_image --revision yourkernel > Creates a nice little .deb with all the things you need, you just have > to dpkg -i it to get your bzImage installed to /boot, actualized > vmlinuz.old, modules installed and lilo run. Works with > debian-kernel-sources as well as official ones. Great for making kernels > on one machine and using them on another. > > All in all, nice little tool :) > > Regards, > Johannes Holzer > Mikhail
