Michael Holt wrote:
Hey all! I've got two questions:
1) [..]
2) Though I've been using Linux for about 4 years, I've never been very
successful at compiling my own kernels. I'm interested in simply making
changes in my existing kernel. I've loaded the kernel sources and
followed the directions but things always seem to have problems. Here's
what I did today:
log on as root, cd to /usr/src/linux-2.4xxx
make xconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
cp bzImage to /boot and update lilo to reflect changes.
Now, I didn't change anything in the configuration - I just wanted to see
what would happen. After rebooting, I noticed quite a few errors that I
don't get with my original kernel. I thought that the .config file would
represent my existing kernel - is this correct? Please take it easy on me
- I know it's something simple because a lot of people are able to do this
relatively common task - I'm just not getting something.
Thanks all! Mike
You should do make mrproper first. This is in the kernel upgrade howto
at mandrakeuser.org and in Linus's readme in /usr/src/linux. Then, what
works for me is make xconfig, load /boot/config, the config of the
running kernel, make my changes, save, then follow the MUO howto for the
rest of the commands. Mandrake's sources will change the version to
$VERSIONcustom and the installkernel script copies the kernel to /boot,
mkinitrd, if needed, and changes the links in /boot to boot the new
kernel (probably runs lilo, too, but I use grub).
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