Re: dpkg and kernel-2.4.18 installation
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 01:52:21PM +0200, johan van de wauw wrote:
> It seems like the package isn't made. Don't you get errors while creating
> the package (the make-kpkg... command)? If so, post them, that might give
> a clue.
>
> On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Joel wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I'm having difficulties to configure and install a custom kernel 2.4.18. I
> > currently run "Woody" with kernel 2.2.x installed.
> > This is the Quicklist of the commands I tried to install kernel 2.4.18:
> >
> > 1. su + password
> > 2. Install kernel-pachake kernel-source-2.4.18 from CD
> > 3. cd /usr/src
> > 4. bunzip2 kernel-source-2.4.18.tar.bz2
> > 5. tar xvf kernel-source-2.4.18.tar
You should build the kernel in your home directory, in fact you should
build /everything/ in your home directory, and as a normal user. I have
ln -s ed my build directory to /usr/src for ease of use.
> > 6 ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 /usr/src/linux
> > 7. cd linux
> > 8. make config
> > 9. select kernel modules
> > 10. make-kpkg --bzimage --revision --initrc killerj.1 kernel_image
^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
The name needs to go directly after the --revision option.
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