On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 10:05:07AM +1100, Harry Ohlsen wrote: > Once I finish the "make modules", I'm going to have to do a "make install > modules" ... I believe?
make modules_install maybe. I'm not sure how clever make install is. > What I'm worried about is whether if the new kernel > fails, I'll end up not being able to boot the 2.4.7 kernel that came with RH > 7.2, since I assume the "make install modules" will scribble over its modules. No, this isn't a problem. Each kernel you install stores it's modules in /lib/modules/2.x.y, x.y being the specific kernel version. Unless you install/recompile the same version of the kernel a number of times, the old modules will stay untouched. > Also, RH 7.2 uses GRUB and it refers to an initrd file that has a kernel > version number in it. How do I make an equivalent for my new kernel ... or > can I safely use the one that the 2.4.7 kernel is using? Have a look at man mkinitrd, but you may not need to use one at all. > If someone can point me to a URL where I can find a detailed explanation of > these sorts of things, that would be great. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
