Dear Linux friends, I am a noob and a boob when it comes to kernel compilation. I downloaded the source from kernel.org and unpacked it in my home directory. I ran make mrproper (didn't need to?), make xconfig, make dep, make clean, and make bzImage. Then I ran make modules and make modules_install. Now I'm to the point of trying to put the results where they need to be and modify GRUB to be able to boot into this new kernel. But...all the instructions I have found so far (especially the ones that came with the kernel source) only document what to change if you are using lilo or loadlin. I'm a Fedora guy with GRUB. Few other questions: I looked for a file called bzImage in my /boot directory and can't find it. I found vmlinux instead. Am I supposed to rename bzImage to something like vmlinux-2.6.1 and put it in the /boot directory? And then change the symlink vmlinux to it? Also, there were a couple of other files in /boot for which I cannot find equivalents in my new compiled kernel source tree. The are equivalents for initrd-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl and vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl. And why is there a symlink of vmlinux-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl pointing to /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2149.nptl/vmlinux ? What is that file? I looked in my present grub.conf and found that it uses two things: a vmlinuz and an initrd file names. I can't find anything in what I compiled that would obviously get put in /boot for GRUB to use. Confusion! Too many questions - all showing I don't know what I'm doing. I know - dangerous. But, this system is for me to learn on. So far I have not been able to find help on the web. To make matters worse for me, the kernel HOWTO has been removed ! Hopefully they will update it to include directions for using GRUB. Anybody have time to walk me through what all else I need to do to get this kernel useable? __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
