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From: Daniel Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 11:19 AM
Subject: How to build test kernels ?
>Hi,
>
>I'm a final year student doing my thesis... as part of my thesis I need to
>build and test network
>protocols I implement which would involve rebuilding the kernel. I need
help
>on how to build
>a test kernel but not overwrite my current kernel. I also want to have the
>option of being able
>to choose which image of the compile kernel to boot at lilo level... Can
>someone help me?
>I need to learn how to do all this very urgently so a quick response would
>be much appreciated.
>
>Finally I need to know how much space will the kernel image take and where
>it will reside.
>
If you go to the redhat website
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html
you will find a decent explaination that should help. I'll give a bit of
info up front though. Compiling a new kernel won't affect your old kernel,
unless you name exactly the same and copy over the old one. Just run the
compile and name the new kernel something you can recognize. Then copy the
kernel into /boot next to your old kernel. You will have to edit lilo.conf
and run /sbin/lilo to add the new kernel to your choice of bootable kernels.
There's a bit more to this than what I've mentioned, but I don't want to
rewrite that web page for you :) Lilo can handle as many kernels as you'd
like to stick in there as options. If you need to see an example, or want
more info that this and the web page, just ask. Hope this helps
Jeff Hogg
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