Re: Compiling kernels

[Matthew Sackman <matthew@sackman.co.uk>]

On Monday 06 November 2000 20:25, David Z. Maze wrote:
> Timo Benk <510064901071-0001@t-online.de> writes:
> TB> Hi,
> TB> On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Matthew Sackman wrote:
>  MS> The problem is that my kernels refuse to install. I have
>  MS> downloaded the kernels from ftp.kernel.org, unpacked
>  MS> them. Configured them using menuconfig,
> TB> If I understand you right you downloaded a tarball from kernel.org and
> no TB> deb file. If so you have to do a:
> TB> make dep
> TB> mek modules
> TB> make modules_install
> TB> make bzImage
>
> It's far easier and cleaner to install the Debian kernel-package
> package, untar the kernel source tarball, configure it with your
> favorite variant on 'make config', and then run 'make-kpkg
> buildpackage' to build Debian source, headers, documentation, and
> kernel image packages from the source tree.  Installing the image
> package will prompt you to run lilo.  If you decide you want a
> new/different/better kernel, you can just install a different
> package.  If you decide you don't want the one you've installed, you
> can remove it as you would any other Debian package.

Thank you so much for this info: /usr/doc/kernel-package/README (and other 
files) give NO info regarding this 'make-kpkg buildpackage'. The man pages 
only briefly mention it.

I'll let you know whether this works or not!

With thanks,

Matthew

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