On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:02:41 +0100, James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > yah hoo wrote: > > newbie kernel compile > > > > what I'm trying to do- > > reconfigure kernel for home pc > > > > what I've done so far- > > googled and fedora archived for relevant instructions > > > > I know abou the commands > > Make menuconfig; xconfig; gconfig; oldconfig. I know > > about redirecting output to a 'build' directory: (make > > 0=output/dir...) as I have read docs. and RH9 Bible by > > Negus. + postings, - but none of this jives together. > > > > But what should I do before the above commands? > > First you need to grab a copy of the Linux source code. Either download > a Linus version from a mirror of kernel.org, or install a kernel-source > RPM or a kernel RPM. > > Which is up to you. I tend to stick to Linus' kernels: if you do that, > cd somewhere where you want to build it, and run > tar jxvf /path/to/linux-2.6.n.tar.bz2 > or > tar zxvf /path/to/linux-2.6.n.tar.gz > (depending on what you've downloaded). Then cd into the directory that's > just been created. > > If you've installed an RPM, then cd to /usr/src/linux-2.6.*. > > Then run ONE of the make commands. Since you're doing this to learn, I'd > recommend > make xconfig > or > make gconfig > since they give you the easiest access to help files, but you get to make > all the choices. > > As always, case is important. > > It's not that hard: chances are you'll miss something, or you'll want to > tweak your choices, so expect to have two or three goes for the first few > kernels you compile. But the build system makes it difficult to make too > many mistakes, apart from the obvious ones like forgetting to compile > support for your hard disk adapter or ext3. > > Good luck! > > James. > -- > E-mail address: james@ | "Minis on the other hand are just the wrong size. Too > westexe.demon.co.uk | small to work on directly and too large to put > | upside down on the workbench." > | -- stevo at madcelt.org > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > A simple guide to updating and building in some new options is here http://fedoranews.org/contributors/vitor_domingos/ntfs/ It copies over the old config make menuconfig make bzImage && make modules modules_install && make install This even updates your Grub for you. I have a question regarding this though, even when rebuilding 2.6.6-1.435.2.3 my up2date tells me I am using an unsupported kernel. Does this make up2date useless or just the kernel patches? Thanks, Shawn
