Thanks Patrick,
I looked your list over and found you had "make-kpkg --revision=whatever
kernel_image 2>&1 | tee /var/log/kernelbuild". In the website it had - -
revision instead of -revision. I tried one - and that worked. I had to
do this twice because I didn't add ppp into the kernel and couldn't dial out. I
found out this by going to /var/log and cat some of the messages. I read most
of the docs . I would recomend anyone with debian who wants to compile their
kernel this is the way to go. Debian did a good job with this. I've compiled
my kernel the good old fashioned way,but I like the fact this makes debs which
you can go back to your old kernel. Very nice.
Again Thanks..
Tim
On Sat, 26 May 2001, you wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 10:58:56AM -0700, Timothy Bolz wrote:
> >
> >I found a good page to make a custom kernel in Debian.
> >http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.en.html
> >
> >I got all the packages it said I need. I configuge the kernel and was to the
> >point of making the make-kpkg which the page says enter this comand.
> >make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
> >All it does is give me the help menu. I've read the man make-kpkg and tried
> >ever conceivable variation of make-kpkg. Has anyone made a Debian
> >kernel package of their customized kernel. Seth told me about it a while back
> >and decided to try and make a custom kernel and thought I'd try it. I've
> >compiled my kernel before but I thought I'd try it the Debian way. :-)
> >Hope some one can help. At least there is a page which walks you through the
> >whole process to get you started.
>
> I've had good results with kernel-package. I usually:
>
> 1. cd to /usr/src/linux #which is a symlink to /usr/src/kernel-whatever-verison
> 2. make xconfig #to get the kernel configuration ready
> 3. make-kpkg clean # to clear up deadwood
> 4. make-kpkg --revision=whatever kernel_image 2>&1 | tee /var/log/kernelbuild
> # to keep a record of what was done
>
> and then it builds a package that winds up in /usr/src. Have you read
> the stuff in /usr/doc/kernel-package/* ?
>
> I note that some of my add-on modules, like the driver for my Lucent LoseModem,
> are not automatically built; i'm still working on why that's so.
> --
> if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) {
> rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP;
> aretu(u.u_ssav);
> }
