On Apr 19, 2004 at 11:07, ne... in a soothing rage wrote: Oops, bad form I know, sorry but I have to follow-up to myself... >On Apr 15, 2004 at 20:05, Etanisla Lopez-Ortiz in a soothing rage wrote: >[...] >>0: Insert desired version number where x.x.x is present. >>1: Get desired kernel and extract it. >>2: "mv /scratch/directory/linux-x.x.x /usr/src" >>3: "cd /usr/src/linux-x.x.x" >>4: "cp .config config.bak" >>6: "make mrproper" >>7: "make oldconfig" >>8: "make dep" >>9: "make bzImage" >>10: "make modules" >>11: "make modules_install" >>12: "make install" >>13: Edit /etc/rc.sysinit and change '/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe' to >>/sbin/modprobe'. >>14: "shutdown -r now" >>15: After rebooting, and selecting new kernel option, type "uname -r" to >>verify the new kernel is running. >> >> >>Afterthought question: Why the need to edit /etc/rc.sysinit? >Seems you need to point to the direct location of modprobe. > >>Okay, I'm done fiddling, time to get dirty. >In the thread 'Is this correct: Kernel Compiling Checklist' >I have commented on what I believe to be the correct procedure >for compiling or recompiling a kernel. This is for the 2.4.xx >kernels. A complete list of steps would be: > >01: Create an area other than /usr/src for kernels. I use /opt. >02: Download the kernel source tarbol from a suitable mirror. >03: cd /opt >04: tar xjf /path/to/kernel-2.4.xx.tar.bz2 >05: cd linux-2.4.xx 05.1: edit the Makefile and change 'gcc' to gcc32' 05.2: edit the Makefile and add a meaningful 'EXTRAVERSION = ' >06: make mrproper >07: cp /boot/config-xxx .config >08: make oldconfig >09: make menuconfig >10: make dep clean bzImage modules >11: su -c "make modules_install" >12: su -c "make install" >13: reboot > >Note that only steps 11-13 require root access. All the other >steps are performed as a normal user. > >N.Emile... > N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 Forced to support NT servers; sysadmins quit. 11:29:18 up 30 days, 1 min, 3 users, load average: 0.09, 0.05, 0.01
