Re: Making kernel using "make install"

1997-01-22 Thread Kendrick Myatt
At 12:08 AM 1/19/97 +0100, Thomas Baetzler wrote: >Victor Torrico wrote: >> >> When making a kernel 2.0.27 I do the following: >[clumsy procedure deleted] > >Actually, on Debian it´s so much nicer to install the kernel-package >package. >Then you cd to the linux source, "make mrproper" and "make c

Re: Making kernel using "make install"

1997-01-18 Thread Thomas Baetzler
Pete Templin wrote: > Ah-hah! Finally, what seems to be a simple sequence of commands for > building a new kernel. But what must I do to ensure that my old kernel > will continue to work (with its modules), especially if lilo wants to > complain that the new kernel is too large? I assume that c

Re: Making kernel using "make install"

1997-01-18 Thread Thomas Baetzler
Victor Torrico wrote: > > When making a kernel 2.0.27 I do the following: [clumsy procedure deleted] Actually, on Debian it´s so much nicer to install the kernel-package package. Then you cd to the linux source, "make mrproper" and "make config" just once, and then you can always rebuild your ker

Re: Making kernel using "make install"

1997-01-18 Thread Nathan L. Cutler
> "kooij" == J P D Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: kooij> Regarding compiling and installing new kernels, kooij> I would like to know more about details of installing new kooij> (and older) kernels and have an overview of the process as kooij> well. IMHO this is something th

Re: Modules (was Re: Making kernel using "make install")

1997-01-18 Thread Daniel Stringfield
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, David Wright wrote: > Am I right in thinking that a module is a module is a module? > In other words, is the sound.o module always the same even though > different base addresses/IRQs etc. were configured? Nope. Each time you compile it, differences do occur. You can USE s

Re: Making kernel using "make install"

1997-01-17 Thread Buddha Buck
> > On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Victor Torrico wrote: > > > When making a kernel 2.0.27 I do the following: > > > > make mrproper > > make config > > make dep > > make clean > > make zImage > > make modules > > make modules_install > > make install > > > > The "make install" is not documented in the "

Modules (was Re: Making kernel using "make install")

1997-01-17 Thread David Wright
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Martin Konold wrote: > Every kernel release gets its own direcory in /etc/modules/ > So no need to backup the modules. > The new directory gets created with > make modules_install Am I right in thinking that a module is a module is a module? In other words, is the sound.o mo

Re: Making kernel using "make install"

1997-01-17 Thread J.P.D. Kooij
Regarding compiling and installing new kernels, On 17 Jan 1997, Guy Maor wrote: > Victor Torrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What exactly does "make install" do? > > See installkernel(8) and mkboot(8). Hey, this is not a very elaborate answer. I would like to know more about details o

Re: Making kernel using "make install"

1997-01-17 Thread Martin Konold
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Pete Templin wrote: Hi there, > Ah-hah! Finally, what seems to be a simple sequence of commands for > building a new kernel. But what must I do to ensure that my old kernel > will continue to work (with its modules), especially if lilo wants to > complain that the new kernel

Re: Making kernel using "make install"

1997-01-17 Thread Guy Maor
Victor Torrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What exactly does "make install" do? See installkernel(8) and mkboot(8). Guy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Making kernel using "make install"

1997-01-17 Thread Pete Templin
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Victor Torrico wrote: > When making a kernel 2.0.27 I do the following: > > make mrproper > make config > make dep > make clean > make zImage > make modules > make modules_install > make install > > The "make install" is not documented in the "/usr/src/linux" directory > as