"Aaron W." wrote:
> If I use a kernel with modules what happens to the modules for the
> old kernel after I make the new ones? If it overwrites the old modules what
> will happen to the old kernel when and if I try to use it?
When you compile new modules (with 'make modules modules_install'), the .o
files which are the modules go to '/lib/modules/%VERSION%'. For instance,
compiling modules for 2.2.10 creates a directory /lin/modules/2.2.10. Nothing
will happen to you old existing modules, which would be located in
/lib/modules/2.2.9-19 if you use Mandrake-6.
Tip : you should compile your new modules while running the new kernel in
order everything to go fine :
uncompress new model
make (menu|x)config
make dep clean zImage
install with lilo or loadlin or floppy or whatever
reboot with the new kernel
make modules modules_install
do a 'depmod -a' to check everything's fine... You could then,
either reboot a second time with your definitely new kernel, or do an 'init 1
... init 3' to reload default modules
I want to use a monolithic kernel but (I don't remember who) said that they
could not get a
2.2.X kernel to compile without modules.
Never heard of such a thing, but modules are a godd thing, so why not use them
?
Didier
