Hello ! On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 06:41:17PM +1100, Toby Thain wrote: > It seems to work equally well with arbitrary source trees, following > the instructions included with the package - basically, quoting > /usr/doc/kernel-package/README: > > For the Brave and the impatient: > Phase ONE: Getting and configuring the kernel > 1% cd <kernel source tree> > 2% make config # or make menuconfig or make xconfig and configure > Phase TWO: Create a portable kernel image .deb file > 3% make-kpkg clean > 4% $Get_Root make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image > (Get_Root is whatever you need to become root -- fakeroot or > sudo are examples that come to mind). > Phase THREE: Install the kernel image on one or more machines > 5# dpkg -i ../kernel-image-X.XXX_1.0_<arch>.deb Please note that if you replace a kernel version with itself (e.g. new options) then you have to do the following steps: 4b) mv -i /lib/modules/2.x.y /lib/modules/2.x.y.old 5) dpkg -i 5b) rm vmlinuz.old ln -s /boot/vmlinux.old.version vmlinuz.old To have an old kernel handy. I am going to file a bug report on this soon. > 6# shutdown -r now # If and only if LILO worked or you have a means of > # booting the new kernel. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! Forget about LILO in this example. Aboot works just dandy with the kernel-package (probably this should be replaced by BOOTLOADER with a bug report also). Best Greetings Helge -- Helge Kreutzmann, Dipl.-Phys. Helge.Kreutzmann@itp.uni-hannover.de gpg signed mail preferred gpg-key: finger kreutzm@rigel.itp.uni-hannover.de 64bit GNU powered http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~kreutzm Help keep free software "libre": http://www.freepatents.org/
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