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Here is some good info as well:
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Martijn
Quoting Mario Xerri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 07:52:22AM +0100, Ramon Casha wrote:
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> > um ok... is there any way you can find out where the compiled 2.4 kernel
> > files were placed? There should be a vmlinuz-* file somewhere, and
possibly
>
> > some others like initrd-*. You need to find where these were installed.
> >
> > What package format does Slackware use? If it's RPM, you can use the
> command
> > "rpm -q <packagename> -l", where packagename is something like kernel-2.4.
>
> > >From that you can find out the names of the essential files so you can
> create
> > a lilo.conf entry for them.
> >
> > Nhar Il-Ä imgħa, 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
> the
> > > 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)
> > --
> > Ramon Casha
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> 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=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18
> label=test
> root=/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.
>
> --
> Mario Xerri
> [holo]
>
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