At 01:50 PM 01/24/2000 +0000, Jake Johnson wrote:
> When Red Hat compiles thier kernel for you to have an smp and a
>regular kernel. I was wondering how they can have their specifically
>named directory. I don't wan't to move my current /lib/modules/2.2.12-20
>folder because I want it there just in case I need to revert back to using
>it. (for safety backup reason)
I usually do the following:
1) Move the old modules to another directory.
2) run 'make modules_install'
3) Move the newly created modules to a new directory.
4) Create a soft link to the version of modules you want to use during boot-up:
# pwd
/lib/modules
# ln -s 2.2.12-20.new 2.2.12-20
***WARNING!***
You must remember to change the soft link *before* rebooting or you'll wind
up with module dependency errors. Not fatal *UNLESS* you need one of them
to boot the system, like SCSI card drivers. (Yet another reason to compile
those SCSI card drivers, etc. in.)
I use a matching kernel/modules directory naming convention that looks like so:
kernel: vmlinuz-kernel-version.YYYY-MM-DD.REV.[smp]
modules: kernel-version.YYYY-MM-DD.REV.[smp]
YYYY = year
MM = month
DD = day
REV = revision # (yes, I've had to compile several kernels in one day to
get things right)
smp = SMP kernel
So my boot & modules directories currently look like this:
# ls -l /boot/vmlinuz*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 459561 Oct 6 15:29
vmlinuz-2.0.36-3.1999-10-06.1.smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 459800 Oct 22 17:14
vmlinuz-2.0.36-3.1999-10-22.1.smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 465941 Oct 26 13:21
vmlinuz-2.0.36-3.1999-10-26.1.smp
# ls -l /lib/modules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Oct 29 20:43 2.0.36 ->
2.0.36-3.1999-10-26.1.smp
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 Oct 8 20:43
2.0.36-3.1999-10-06.1.smp
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 Oct 22 18:04
2.0.36-3.1999-10-22.1.smp
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 Oct 29 20:55
2.0.36-3.1999-10-26.1.smp
This numbering scheme may or may not work for you.
-Eric
Eric Sisler
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