On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 15:15, Karl Bongers wrote: > Heres what I've done for my RH7.1, RH7.2 systems and Debian > on my Laptop. Hey great mail Karl! Wow! Also of not is the kernel howto http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html I can't stress enough how important it is for newbie kernel compilers to read this _BEFORE_ they start trying to compile their kernel (* Hi Citadel * ) > > You probably want a boot disk in case of trouble, mkbootdisk > will make you one. > > I've been running 2.4.18. > I remove any old build "linux" folder, unpack it > (tar xjf linux-2.4.18.tar.bz2). > > make menuconfig > > You need to turn on > "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers" > in order to select many of the new and beta status selections. > That can be confusing, if it's off then you don't > see the menuconfig selections. > > I made a script so I don't have to re-type the build, and > I like to log everything: > #/bin/sh -v > make dep 2>&1 | tee make_deps.log && \ > make bzImage 2>&1 | tee make_bzImage.log && \ > make modules 2>&1 | tee make_modules.log && \ > make modules_install 2>&1 | tee make_modules_install.log > > Before you run this script, you may want to back-up/rename/remove your > current lib/modules/linux-xx.xx.xx kernel modules folder. > make modules_install writes these out. If your existing install > is a different version(-2.4.17 say) then it won't be a problem. > > I hand install the files: > cp linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.4.18 > cp linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.18 > cp linux/.config /boot/config-2.4.18 > > Then edit /etc/lilo.conf to make a new entry for it, > keep your old one as a backup, > run lilo. > > The bzImage file is all you really need, the system.map is > just for verbose kernel debugging(not required), and the > .config is just nice to copy somewhere you can find it again. > > Now reboot into the new kernel, figure out what you forgot to > configure correctly and start over(keep the .config file as > a starting point). > > IF you need PCMCIA stuff, it is an additional add on src > package to download. > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 06:37:17PM -0500, Luke Steiner wrote: > > Hey, > > > > > > This is the first time I've ever tried compiling a kernel. > > I'm trying to install NTFS as a file system into it. > > > > Here are the steps I made.. > > > > Make config ;from here I went through and selected NTFS to be > > supported > > > > Make dep > > > > Make bzImage > > > > Make bzlilo > > > > > > Then I restarted...am I missing something? I'm using LILO and it is the > > /vmlimz file..so it is correct. But it isn't going though and > > recognizing the NTFS filesystem. > > > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > Take it Easy, > > > > > > Luke > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Ben Lutgens | http://people.sistina.com/~blutgens/ System Administrator | http://www.sistina.com/ Sistina Software Inc. | "If you love something set it free, if it doesn't come back to you hunt it down and set it on fire" -- George Carlin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20021008/6d209030/attachment.pgp