On 3/24/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, I don't know how to rebuild the kernel, or do so enabling
Others have covered the mechanics of building and installing the
kernel. Just a couple of points to try to keep you out of trouble:
1. However you install the kernel (by which I mean the bzImage gets
copied to /boot), make really sure you have a backup kernel, and can
boot from it. Something like:
cp /boot/vmlinuz-blah-blah /boot/vmlinuz-SAFE
cp /boot/initrd-blah-blah /boot/initrd-SAFE
and then add an entry to /boot/grub/grub.conf like so:
title Safe
kernel /vmlinuz-SAFE blah blah blah
initrd /initrd-SAFE
Then reboot to your 'Safe' kernel to make sure things work.
2. Since you are just starting out with kernel configuration, only
_add_ things to the kernel, don't delete any drivers, and avoid
modules (make everything a '*' in menuconfig, not 'M'). Once you get
some confidence with configuring and installing kernels, and rebooting
with your backup kernel, you can get more adventurous with modules or
removing unnecessary drivers.
-Richard
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