> > > On 14-Apr-99 Pollywog wrote: > >> Now, when you install a kernel do NOT place headers from the kernel on your > >> system. Use make-kpkg to make a deb of the kernel image and just install > >> it. > > In order to have a kernel image, don't I need to go through the steps to > compile a kernel? Otherwise, where would this kernel image come from? > install kerne-package. Then read the docs on make-kpkg. It boils down to:
cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig as normal make-kpkg kernel_image install the resulting kernel-image-<version>.deb

