Change (installing) Kernel using a downloaded .tar.gz file ?
Hello,
i want to run my machine with a new kernel specialized for my hardware.
I think the architecture is not so importend, therefore i send my mail
to the i386 and the powerpc mailing list. I hope this is OK. I'm
already running Woody 3.0.2 on my Apple Powerbook with a 2.4.X? Kernel,
and i can't use X11. I thought the best would be using the specialized
Kernel so i don't have to configure anything. I've got the Debian CD's
and my kernel: linux-benh-powerbookG4-2.4.23-pre5-ben0.tar.gz on CD rom.
My problem is: I never installed something without dselect.
What commads do i have to use, to install the new kernel? My 2
Questions: How to configure lilo (yaboot for PPC) and how to install a
.tar.gz file? Do i need the .conf file for the kernel?
1.) This is my /etc/yaboot.conf file (under i386: /etc/lilo.conf.):
boot=/dev/hda9 my boot Partition
device=hd:
Partition=11
root=/deb/hda11
timeout=60
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
macosx=/dev/hda12
image=/vmlinux and NOT vmlinuz!
label=linux
read-only
2.) I found out to use the following commands, please tell me, if i'm
wrong and this won't work!
mount /cdrom
cp /cdrom/linux-benh-powerbookG4-2.4.23-pre5-ben0.tar.gz /usr/src
cd /usr/src
tar xzvf linux-benh-powerbookG4-2.4.23-pre5-ben0.tar.gz
umount /cdrom
cd linux-benh-powerbookG4-2.4.23-pre5-ben0
make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
cd arch/i386/boot <--- I don't have a i386, and even worse: i dont
have the directory /arch???
cp bzImage /vmlinux <--- And NOT vmlinuz!
ybin (on i386 lilo)
reboot
Is that right? Can anyone help me?
Thanks a lot,
Christian
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