Re: custom kernel configuration

1997-11-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"bill" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bill> I think that there are several issues here but wonder if I see bill> the right ones. Is isn't one of the problems with not using make bill> kpkg that you may accidently "upgrade" a kernel using dselect? Yes, but if you can build and inst

Re: custom kernel configuration

1997-11-06 Thread b.leach
I think that there are several issues here but wonder if I see the right ones. Is isn't one of the problems with not using make kpkg that you may accidently "upgrade" a kernel using dselect? I don't know (yet) how the preinst scripts handle kernel dependencies but if they use the files in var t

Re: custom kernel configuration

1997-11-06 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
"Cullen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well rather than read the docs, I decided to re-compile my kernel > using the steps I normally take and all seems well. > > First. The steps I took were > "make mrproper" > "make config" > "make dep; make clean" > "make zImage" > "make modules" > > I then m

Re: custom kernel configuration

1997-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, make-kpkg takes all the steps that you took, and, additionally, tells dselect/dpkg and friends that you have the kernel installed, and it installs documentation in /usr/doc. It also adds an easy method to remove it all cleanly, and warns you if you try to remove a running kernel or

custom kernel configuration

1997-11-02 Thread Cullen
Well rather than read the docs, I decided to re-compile my kernel using the steps I normally take and all seems well. First. The steps I took were "make mrproper" "make config" "make dep; make clean" "make zImage" "make modules" I then moved my current modules with, "mv /lib/modules/2.0.30 /lib/