Re: compiling kernel

[glhenni@cs.sandia.gov (Gary L. Hennigan)]

Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com> writes:
| If I need to upgrade a kernel on a Debian system, can I do it in the same way
| as it is done with other distributions or is there some obscure Debian way to
| do this?  It seems that when I do it in the customary way, I later run into
| problems which appear to be related to the kernel.

The best way to deal with kernel source, either a debianized
kernel-source package, or kernel source straight off of ftp.kernel.org,
is with the Debian kernel-package package. You do the standard 
make <whatever>config, e.g., "make xconfig", and then invoke
make-kpkg. This compiles the source, including any modules, and builds 
you a nice *.deb file that you can install manually with "dpkg -i".

Install kernel-package 6.05 (on slink) and read the man pages and docs
in /usr/doc/kernel-package. Once you use it you'll never go back. It's 
a great utility.

Gary