why don't you simply use make-kpkg to compile the kernel? Will Lowe wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Tom Ed White wrote: > > > How can I find out which sound cards, if any, are supported in this > > kernel image? > If you're using the standard debian-installed kernel, I don't think ANY > are automatically supported. > > > I want to know if I need to recompile my kernel for > > sound. I suspect that many of the drivers are already there, since > > the device file is present. > There's no way to get around compiling the kernel. This isn't such a bad > thing, as the kernel-install process is simple enough that a trained > monkey can do it :). Assuming you've installed the > kernel-source.2.0.30.deb, it's > > 1) determine your soundcard configuration (DMA, IRQ, addresses, etc.) > 2) as root, > a) cd /usr/src/linux > b) make menuconfig (or make xconfig, if you're running x and > tcl/tk) > c) select "sound" and follow the prompts > at this point, take a look at the other stuff in your kernel; > if you don't have scsi, disable scsi support, etc.... makes the > kernel smaller and faster --- you'll probably also want to make > sound a module, unless you use your sound card 24/7 > 3) make dep > 4) make clean > 5) make zImage > 6) make modules > 7) make modules_install > 8) mv /vmlinuz /mvlinuz.old (or some other backup name) > 9) cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /vmlinuz > 10) modify /etc/lilo.conf to have a stanze for each kernel -- keep the old > one around until you've run the new one a while (you might instead make > the new kernel into a boot disk, so you don't have to play with lilo.conf > yet -- to do this "make zdisk" with a disk in the drive) > 11) run lilo and then reboot > > Email with questions. > Will > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ > ***************************************************************************** > Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. > Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. > ***************************************************************************** > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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