Re: compiling kernel
On Wednesday 14 April, Pollywog wrote:
> > % make-kpkg --revision mykernel.1 kernel_image
>
> I am guessing I still need to do:
>
> make modules
> make modules_install
> cp System.map /boot
> cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz
> lilo
no, the modules are compiled by make-kpkg and bundled up into the .deb.
when you do "dpkg --install kernel-image.blah-blah.deb" dpkg handles
installing the new kernel for you. it also asks if you'd like to install it
with lilo, according to your current /etc/lilo.conf. very nice, and very
quick.
--
Graham Ashton
Futures Testbed, Futures Lab, BT
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