Ed Cogburn wrote: > > Mark Panzer wrote: > > > > Question, > > > > Apt is supposed to be a better replacement for dselect/dpkg right? Can > > you install it on a HAMM system, and if so how? I guess I kinda got > > left behind on the Apt thing. Does Apt use the same .deb's as dselect? > > Also what is the proper way to compile and install a kernel in debian? > > I've heard make kpkg instead of make zlilo and other makeables. Sorry > > for all the questions. Thanks. > > > > Mark Panzer > > > Apt is a replacement for dselect, not dpkg. It is front-end to dpkg, > so the '.deb' packaging scheme is the same. It currently has only a > command-line interface. However it also installs itself as a 'access' > method under dselect. dselect/apt is better than dselect/ftp. > 'make-kpkg' is supposed to be the Debian Way(TM), although, being > lazy, > I still go the old zlilo/zImage route. > If you make the zlilo will it "break" your system, by confusing dselect. Or is this an exceptable practice? I think it would be a good idea to have the "Debian Linux Kernel Compiling HOWTO" since everyone who wants sound has to recompile. Also if you select modules (suppose I have to if I get a PnP card) will it compile all the drivers not selected in make [menu/x/config] into modules so you can use them or do you still have to select the ones you want in make? It would be kinda cool if you could just make a tiny kernel with only HDD support (and network) and then insmod or use kdeamon to put all the modules in, also if you added more hardware later you could just insmod that driver for it and not have to recompile. (gee I think I'd like to delete that Win95 partition too bad I need Word for school).
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