hi ya
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Silvan wrote:
> Configging a kernel is an arduous process of booting and then figuring out
> what you got wrong. It's a pain in the ass.
the pain can be minized by:
- always start from a kernel from kernel.org unless you know
what they did to it from where ever you got your kernel sources
- knowing that you need to know your chipset
of your motherboard and hardware
- lspci will tell you what you need to know
- which ethernet driver
- which svga ( dri/drm ) chipset
- which scsi if you use it
- assume that the default kernel options is typically good enough
for a first pass starting point
- turn off all the stuff you dont recognize at the top level
- turn off scsi
- turn off isdn
- turn off apm or not
- turn off sound
- turn off whatever else you dont need at the top level
- turn on modules
- turn on security options at the end of the main config
options
- usb is a pin if you're not familiar to turn it on 2 or 3
places
- if you expect to print, you need to turn it on 2 or 3
places
- if you need ot setup a firewall, that its a major pain in the
butt to figure out which iptables options to turn on or off
- it takes about 5-10 minutes to compile the kernel on a p4-2.x class
itty-bitty-pc
- compile the kernel on a p4-2.4 machine even if you plan to run
it on a p-90 class 386 pc...
just copy vmlinuz, System.Map and /lib/modules/<kernel>
> > > What basic procedure was that?
> >
> > make mrproper
make damn sure you knwo what it does ...
- ie ... save your linux-2.4.xx/.config file in ~/config or
some place safe so you can save your important kernel config file
- otherwise, you might have to spend antoher 5min redoing
thekernel config or the next day or two to get back to where
you were before you did "make mrproper"
> > make oldconfig
that option usually does not work "right" and creates more headaches
than its worth
> > make dep
make clean ( before or after make dep ) -- or you will be pulling
your hair for days ...
> > make bzImage
> > make modules
> > make modules_install
> > "user fools with links and lilo"
you shouldn't need to play with any of those links if it was
complied/created/installed properly for the kernel compile process
make install sometimes works correctly
c ya
alvin
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