On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 09:57:32AM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: > Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 10:22:11AM -0600, Timothy C. Phan wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm in the middle of rebuild the 2.2.13 kernel for potato >>> to include IP-MASQ plus some other modules. I'd like to >>> know after the kernel and some modules were built, how would >>> I go about install the modules. >>> >>> I learned that I can re-install the new kernel by simply >>> dpkg -i. But, for module, what is the command to install >>> or unstall. >>> >>> Thanks! >> >> After you do something like: >> >> make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image >> >> add: >> >> make-kpkg modules_image >> >> Install both the kernel-image and pcmcia-modules .deb files. >> >> See /usr/share/kernel-package/README.modules for more info. > > First, it seems that Timothy is not using the kernel-package > package. You'll want to use this Timothy since it makes life a lot > easier on our Debian systems, and it is the Debian Way (TM).
Timothy was using "dpkg -i" to install his new kernel. I assumed he was asking about extra modules since the .deb he installed would have the standard modules. Maybe he just didn't realize the modules were in the .deb file. > > Now, what Lee said only applies to "extra" modules, like PCMCIA. The > modules that are part of the kernel source tree are included in the > kernel image file that is generated by make-kpkg. Read the docs for > the kernel-package package to learn how to use it. It's pretty > straightforward. An example session for building a kernel: > > % cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.13 > % make menuconfig > % make-kpkg --revision homePC.1 --bzimage kernel_image > % cd .. > % dpkg -i kernel-image-2.2.14_homePC.1_i386.deb > > and you're done. > > Gary > > -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
