On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:06 AM, sandeep kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> Configure kernel using 'make menuconfig' >> Run make- This will compile the kernel & modules. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Nilesh Govindarajan > extracted linux-2.6.33.2.tar.bz2 to home/sandeep/linux directory > moved to linux/linux-2.6.33.2 directory > configured the kernel using make defconfig > next make modules > and as root make modules_install > now running make and it is taking time > next will run make install > will this complete my kernel installation and i will get a boot time > menu to choose the kernel > or do i have to edit grub please help > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >
make defconfig? I always use make menuconfig. After you've finished with configuring the kernel, just run make, it will compile the kernel and the modules- both. Run sudo make modules_install Then copy arch/<arch>/boot/bzImage to /boot/vmlinuz-custom Add entry in grub.cfg -- Regards, Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr Website: http://www.itech7.com Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
