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- --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 07:52:22AM +0100, Ramon Casha wrote: > Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > um ok... is there any way you can find out where the compiled 2.4 kernel= =20 > files were placed? There should be a vmlinuz-* file somewhere, and possib= ly=20 > some others like initrd-*. You need to find where these were installed.= =20 >=20 > What package format does Slackware use? If it's RPM, you can use the comm= and=20 > "rpm -q <packagename> -l", where packagename is something like kernel-2.4= .=20 > >From that you can find out the names of the essential files so you can c= reate=20 > a lilo.conf entry for them. >=20 > Nhar Il-=C4=A0img=C4=A7a, 29 ta' Marzu 2002 15:49, inti ktibt: > > Hmm. I understand what you're saying but my /boot does not contain any > > kernel - the file LILO boots at the moment in /vmlinuz and is presumably > > the compiled 2.2.19 kernel. Does this mean I have to first compile the > > 2.4.5 kernel? The sources are installed on the machine, but so should t= he > > pre-compiled kernel (I just can't find it); the kernel and its sources = were > > installed as two separate packages (for both versions, ie two 'kernel' > > packages and two 'kernel source' packages)=20 > --=20 > Ramon Casha > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux > mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing > list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" The kernel is the core of your OS. I would consider recompiling it with all appropriate drivers and goodies and remove unwanted stuff. Pre-compiled kernels are usually optimized for i386 or i486 machines but you might have a K7 or a P4. Download 2.4.18 from kernel.org, go in /usr/src, extract it, configure and compile it. Here's a set of commands to do that: # consider using a mirror wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.18.tar.gz su - Password: cp /where/you/downloaded/linux-2.4.18.tar.gz /usr/src cd /usr/src tar xzf linux-2.4.18.tar.gz mv linux linux-2.4.18 ln -s linux-2.4.18 linux cd linux make menuconfig # or make xconfig make dep make bzImage cp arch/boot/i386/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18 cat >> /etc/lilo.conf << EOLILOCONF image=3D/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18 label=3Dtest root=3D/dev/<whatever> read-only EOLILOCONF lilo make modules{,_install} now create a rescue floppy (in case anything goes puff) with mkrescue or get yourself tomsrtbt from http://www.toms.net and reboot the system. Type test at the lilo prompt and you'll boot up with a succulently optimized new linux kernel. TIP: Remove unwanted drivers/features from the "make menuconfg" dialogs. Keep the kernel to the minimum and build anyhing needed as modules. I would particularly recommend selecting appropriate processor type, enable "BSD process accounting", and of course ppp support. If you have a CD Writer, make sure to enable SCSI emulation support, SCSI CDROM support, SCSI generic support and build ATAPI CDROM support as module. With some additional tweaking, you'll be able to burn CD's with cdrecord but that ofcourse is another story. Sorry for the blurb. - --=20 Mario Xerri [holo] - --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8pZVddWyluz/3wygRAtOCAJ9gy5azCRaxUImqP7XzlCJH6aiS5gCfXjBg o6ERCu9oXscGSByTui8iz9k= =rcd3 - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC-- - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" ------------------------------
