* Ted Gervais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010404 11:06]: > > I want to make some changes to my kernel in my newly installed debian system > and am used to going to the directory where the kernel source is located and > typing 'make menuconfig'. It seems that Debian does things differently.
u can do the same thing in debian. i usually download the kernel source from kernel.org, unpack it, run make menuconfig, configure like normal. the only diff is debian comes with a nice tool to package your kernel into a deb. i think it's called kernel-package. after i make menuconfig, i run make-kpkg clean, make-kpkg --revision=custom_version kernel_image. it compiles the kernel and any modules i have selected. it puts everything in a deb that u can install using dpkg -i. this will install your bzImage in /boot, change the /vmlinuz to point to the new image, copy new system.map to /boot, copy new modules to /lib/modules. it even offers to run lilo for u. overall, a very nice tool. cheers, vinh
