On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 01:29:05PM -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm working on building a new kernel (just realized my newly 'bought' debian > 2.2r3 has kernel 2.2 not 2.4 for some reason). Currently, the kernel is in > /boot but i thought i'd install the new one in /usr/src/linux as i'm told its > more of a "standard" directory for kernels. I know there's a symbolic link > (/vmlinuz) in the root directory. Are there any other sybolic links lying > around that i need to change? I've read about some on different tutorials on > the web but it seems like the only one present on my debian is /vmlinuz. Did > i miss any? I want to be sure b/c i'll bet it winds up in disaster if i do.
The file "vmlinuz" is a link to the actual kernel image vmlinuz- 2.2.19"whatever" that resides in the /boot partition. The actual linux kernel "source" code goes into the /usr/src directory. When you compile the kernel, then you get a actual kernel image that you then copy to the /boot directory, modify /etc/lilo.conf to reflect the new kernel image, (this way if you screw up you can still boot off of your OLD image) and run /sbin/lilo. The following link explains everything in detail, follow it and all shall be ok. ;) http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/compiling/kernelcomp.html Dana
