Matthew Claridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. There's no /usr/src/linux directory. But I think thats normal > because I've got a /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 directory with the > kernel source tree underneath it....
Yup, this is fine. If you want to put your source somewhere besides /usr/src, that's fine too. :-) > 2. There's no .config file that I can find with my current kernel > configuration - I don't want to do this from scratch if I can help > it.... The config file for your current kernel is probably in /boot/config-*; you can copy it to .config in your kernel source tree and work from there. > make xconfig (Or 'make menuconfig', or even 'make config', any is fine though they have different dependencies.) > make -kpkg clean > make -kpkg kernel_image modules_image 'make-kpkg', no space. When you do 'make-kpkg kernel-image', you'll probably need to run it with the 'fakeroot' command, and provide a --revision, like so: make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=custom.1 kernel-image fakeroot make-kpkg modules-image Also, 'make-kpkg modules-image' doesn't do anything unless you have module source packages (e.g. lm-sensors, ALSA, openafs, ...) installed under /usr/src/modules (or $MODULE_LOC). It's safe to skip this step if you don't need to run it; 'make-kpkg kernel-image' will build the modules you've selected in the main kernel configuration. > dpkg -i kernel_image modules_image > > to build and install the kernel??? Yup, sounds good. > But like I said, I'm confused.......(and scared!!! lol) As a newbie to > Debian, should I just use the standard patch method until I'm more > comfortable with the new stuff, or is it quite easy to get into it and > do it the 'right' way?? IMHO building kernels with make-kpkg is easier (and saner) than using the instructions that come with the kernel. One big advantage: if you screw it up and really really want the new kernel off of the system, you can just 'dpkg --remove' it. (And similarly, if you're building up a nice collection of a half-dozen old kernels you never use, it's easy to get rid of them.) If you do want to install kernel modules distributed in other Debian packages, make-kpkg is the best-supported way to do this. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
