...yepa...works fine, now. good info. thx. bentley taylor.
// "Stephen A. Witt" wrote: > > > Do you have the kernel-package installed? There is pretty good > documentation for it in /usr/doc/kernel-package/README. After compiling > the kernel with make-kpkg, the kernel image is in the parent directory of > the kernel source. Usually the kernel source would be in > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.14 (replace the specific version number with > what is appropriate in your case of course). You would be in this > directory to do all of the kernel configuring and making. The resulting > kernel image package would be in /usr/src and should have a name something > like kernel-image-2.2.14_custom.1.0_i386.deb (depends upon the --revision > argument you give to make-kpkg). So from the kernel source directory, you > just do 'dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.2.14_custom.1.0_i386.deb' to install > the kernel you just compiled and packaged. You can also transfer this > kernel image package to other machines and install it there with dpkg -i. > This is pretty well covered in /usr/doc/kernel-package/README. // On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, cls--colo spgs wrote: > > > debs, > > > > i read yesterday that "kernel-package" is the 2d most > > beneficial feature of dlinux (after > > apt-get--untouchable!)....so i thought i'd give it a > > whirl. > > > > using kernel-package (6.05), i've been trying to test a > > custom (compliled) 2.2.16 kernel in 2, slink lapboxes. > > after i run "make menuconfig," i, "make-kpkg." at this > > point, i don't know where the kernel image is. isn't > > it supposed to have the ".deb" extension (like > > "kernel-image-2.2.16*.deb")? if it exists, i should be > > able to install it merely by "dpkg -i > > kernel-source-2.2.16*.deb," right? there's "kernel" in > > /usr/src/linux/arch/i386, but i doubt that it's > > debianized. > > > > output from "dpkg -i kernel-source-2.2.16*.deb": > > > > # dpkg: error procession kernel-image*.deb > > (--install): cannot access archive: no such file or > > directory. errors were encountered while processiong: > > kernel-image*.deb > > > > i tried to rt*fm, but found "no manual entry for > > kernel-package." > > > > > > ...suggestions? > > >
