On 7, aug, 2000 at 04:08:00 +0800, Joey Kool wrote:
> Hi,
> I have found the steps to making a new kernel. If I have a
> kernel-source.deb file, can I just do a make zImage supposing I have just
> installed debian with a bzImage?
>
Yes!
> regards,
> joey
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Joey Kool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 15:08:44 +0800
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: how to make a zImage
>
>
> > Hi,
> > Can someone give me some insights into kernel headers? is it needed to
> > compile a new kernel or is only a kernel source .deb needed? How do I build
> > a new kernel without using the kernel-package in Debian? Can someone give
> > me some clear steps. I had read a book on it and still couldn't make head
> > or tail of it. (maybe I should read another 10 more times?) Thank you. This
> > is because I want to do a "make zImage". My laptop can't stand a bzImage.
> > Or can the kernel-package make a zImage kernel??
AFAIK; Yes!
zImage vs. bzImage is a question of the size of the kernel, e.g. a
zImage has a certain max-size for it, if you compile a larger image than
that you need to do a bzImage or `make' will bomb out with an error
message.
Now, you say you _have_to_ have a zImage, so you just have to compile
all that you can as modules, and only have the bare essentials that you
need _in_ the kernel, untill you partitions are mounted and you can
load the modules.
What that is you have to find out by studying the hardware of your
machine.
BTW: what book is it that you have read? I didn't know there were any
books on compiling a Linux kernel (and I think the kernel-docs and
various HOWTO's are OK :-)
HTH, HAND
Morten
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