Correct. Install kernel-package and take a look at /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz. There is a recommendation there to use an epoch when creating your package, which will prevent it from being overwritten during an upgrade.
For your question regarding CD-Writing, I would recommend that you take a look at the CD-Writing-HOWTO. For my ATAPI CD writer, I use 'modprobe ide-scsi' to install the correct module. Bob On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 10:23:11AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Is this part of "kernel-package" ?? I just looked at it in aptitude > and it does appear so. > > Reason I want to recompile is that vmlinuz is over 1mb in size, so it > apparently has a lot compiled in, instead of modules. My older, > customer kernels were usually less than 500k. I see on bootup, or via > dmesg, that the kernel is looking for various devices that I don't > have (mainly SCSI cards (??). I also can't get CD-Writing to work as > it appears I can't get the "sr_mod" module loaded via "modconf". Any > ideas there ?? > > Regards > Hall > > > On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 10:15:47AM -0500, Alec Smith wrote: > > Take a look at make-kpkg -- You'll have to install its .deb first though. > > > > Configure your kernel as usual, then do a make-kpkg clean instead > > of make dep ; make clean. To do the actual compile, do make-kpkg > > --revision=<some version number -- there are rules for good numbers in the > > docs> kernel_image > > > > On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > > What is the "debian way" of compiling a kernel ?? I've read mentions of > > > using something like "kernel-pkg" or similar. Can someone point to a > > > website with details ?? Or, can I simply download the kernel source and > > > do it the way I've always done it with "lesser" distros ;-) ?? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
