Re: Kernel question

[Enrique Bory Simon]

compiling the kernel requiere some experience. The procedure is not hard, but WHAT kind of KERNEL do you need to build  is sometimes hard to decide. If you are not familiar with certain thing about , I advice use  a pre built kernel installed with rh. nevertheless if you are decided to fail:   1 Go to souce code of kernel cd /usr/src/linux-(vercion number)   2 Know, configure how do you want the kernel result, I mean: specify what you want suppot and what not, adicional feature , etc. THIS IS the HARDEST step make menuconfig   3 make depencies with all parts make dep; make clean   4 Order to buld the kernel make bzImage   5 The new generated kernel is writen in /usr/src/linux-(vercion)/arch/i386/boot/bzImage , copy it to /boot cp /usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage   6 Build all part setted as modules: make modules; make modules_install   7 Make it valid to lilo (LInux LOader), edit /etc/lilo.conf and add an entry to the new kernel, basically copy the first seccion, it must look like:   boot=/dev/hda                                                                                     map=/boot/map                                                                                     install=/boot/boot.b                                                                              prompt                                                                                            timeout=50                                                                                        message=/boot/message                                                                             linear                                                                                            default=linux                                                                                                                                                                                       image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2                                                                               label=linux                                                                                       read-only                                                                                         root=/dev/hda2                                                                                                                                                                               #image=/boot/bzImage #       label=new                                                                           #       read-only                                                                                 #       root=/dev/hda2      Just uncomment last seccion and chech the number of root device !   8 Install nw LILO lilo   9 Reboot and select when lilo apper (LILO: ) the new kernel, (just type TAB to see list of krnel's names)       ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:31 PM Subject: Kernel question   I have a question about compling the kernel, how do I complie the redhat kernel? I look though the how-to's and I am very confused? Brian