Re: Custom kernel build question. Help !!
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Mahesh Padmanabhan wrote:
> My question is:
> 1) How can I cleanly build a new kernel image (zImage) without affecting
> the Debian installation on my PC ?
Use the regular make commands (I think: make mrproper; make menuconfig;
make depend; make zImage; But look at the docs to be sure).
> 2) How do I then transfer this image to a floppy to make a rescue disk
> out of this image so that I can boot the laptop with it ?
Write the rescue image to a floppy and mount the floppy as a msdos disk
to /mnt. Copy your kernel over the existing one and run whatever script
there is (it will do some rdev stuff). I believe there is also a doc on
the disk about what needs to be compiled into the kernel (loopback,
filesystems, ramdisk, etc).
HTH,
Brandon
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