On Monday 06 November 2000 20:25, David Z. Maze wrote: > Timo Benk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > TB> Hi, > TB> On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Matthew Sackman wrote: > MS> The problem is that my kernels refuse to install. I have > MS> downloaded the kernels from ftp.kernel.org, unpacked > MS> them. Configured them using menuconfig, > TB> If I understand you right you downloaded a tarball from kernel.org and > no TB> deb file. If so you have to do a: > TB> make dep > TB> mek modules > TB> make modules_install > TB> make bzImage > > It's far easier and cleaner to install the Debian kernel-package > package, untar the kernel source tarball, configure it with your > favorite variant on 'make config', and then run 'make-kpkg > buildpackage' to build Debian source, headers, documentation, and > kernel image packages from the source tree. Installing the image > package will prompt you to run lilo. If you decide you want a > new/different/better kernel, you can just install a different > package. If you decide you don't want the one you've installed, you > can remove it as you would any other Debian package.
Thank you so much for this info: /usr/doc/kernel-package/README (and other files) give NO info regarding this 'make-kpkg buildpackage'. The man pages only briefly mention it. I'll let you know whether this works or not! With thanks, Matthew -- Using intelligent power: RISC OS, Be OS, Debian Linux Enjoying computing.
