Thomas Hertweck wrote:
suse-linux list complained about this fact, so I decided in 2002 to write an up-to-date kernel howto in German. In principle, I could
Oh, now I see
it's worth doing. As mentioned above, there is quite a lot of stuff available in English - it's maybe not SuSE-specific. However, for the
I have been looking at those items from your earlier post as well as one mentioned by Randall. The problem is that being a non-expert, I have a difficult time applying some of that to SuSE.
SuSE-specific part you can always refer to Andreas Gruenbacher's documentation which is included in the SuSE kernel sources.
I have and it is helping me. I tinkered a little more last night but still have some questions. Of the three listed docs: 1. http://www.suse.de/~agruen/kernel-doc/ 2. http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_suse_p3 3. http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html docs 2 and 3 cover the idea of keeping the old kernel along with the new one in case the new one doesn't work but it isn't very clear for me. Doc 1 has a really nice summary of the steps for building but doesn't mention keeping the old kernel. Is there some really easy way to keep the old? I vaguely remember something about copying /boot/vmlinuz. Do I copy that and the /boot/initrd-x.img files then tamper with /boot/grub/menu.lst to include the old one? Am I understanding the process correctly if I modify doc 1 instructions like this (1) Install kernel-source.$ARCH.rpm. Change to the /usr/src/linux directory. (2) Configure the kernel (for example, ``make oldconfig'' or ``make cloneconfig'', see HOW TO CONFIGURE THE KERNEL SOURCES). (3) Copy /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/initrd-x.img (4) Build the kernel and all its modules (``make''). (5) Install the kernel and the modules (``make modules_install'', followed by ``make install''). This will automatically create an initrd for the new kernel as well (see ``mkinitrd -h''). (6) Add the kernel to the boot manager. When using lilo, run ``lilo'' to update the boot map. Doesn't the new kernel already get put into grub by the make install? could step 6 be changed to something like this (6) Add the old kernel copied in step 3 to the boot manager. When using lilo, run ``lilo'' to update the boot map. Damon Register -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
