Re: own kernel vs debian kernel
----- Original Message -----
From: Johannes Holzer <Johannes.Holzer@allgaeu.org>
To: Luis Gomez <lgomez@infoemergencias.com>
Cc: Dale Amon <amon@vnl.com>; <debian-security@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: own kernel vs debian kernel
>
> It's much simpler by doing it the Debian way:
and more secure, at least for those ones (like me) with less experience than
debian (security) guys. To do a custom kernel of my own, and to do less
mistakes I use such a trick.
- download kernel-image-2.4.18-????.deb which has maximum fitures I need
(but not all),
- extract /boot/config-2.4.18 from it into /usr/src/linux/.config
- run make-kpkg menuconfig and do minor changes
- build and install kernel-image-2.4.18-custom
> make menuconfig / xconfig, whatever
> make-kpkg kernel_image --revision yourkernel
> Creates a nice little .deb with all the things you need, you just have
> to dpkg -i it to get your bzImage installed to /boot, actualized
> vmlinuz.old, modules installed and lilo run. Works with
> debian-kernel-sources as well as official ones. Great for making kernels
> on one machine and using them on another.
>
> All in all, nice little tool :)
>
> Regards,
> Johannes Holzer
>
Mikhail
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