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Re: Making kernel using "make install"



On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Pete Templin wrote:

Hi there,
> Ah-hah!  Finally, what seems to be a simple sequence of commands for
> building a new kernel.  But what must I do to ensure that my old kernel
> will continue to work (with its modules), especially if lilo wants to
> complain that the new kernel is too large?  I assume that certain files
> and directories ought to be backed up or renamed or something, but some
> pointers to "safe" kernel testing would be very helpful!

Every kernel release gets its own direcory in /etc/modules/

So no need to backup the modules.

The new directory gets created with

make modules_install

Yours,
-- martin

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