Re: Compiling kernels

[David Teague <dbt@elentari.cs.wcu.edu>]

On 6 Nov 2000, David Z. Maze wrote:

> Timo Benk <510064901071-0001@t-online.de> writes:
> TB> Hi,
> TB> On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Matthew Sackman wrote:
>  MS> The problem is that my kernels refuse to install. I have

[snip -- non-deb kernel compile sequence -- ]

> David M.  answers:

> It's far easier and cleaner to install the Debian kernel-package
> package, untar the kernel source tarball, configure it with your
> favorite variant on 'make config', and then run 'make-kpkg
> buildpackage' to build Debian source, headers, documentation, and
> kernel image packages from the source tree.  Installing the image
> package will prompt you to run lilo.  If you decide you want a
> new/different/better kernel, you can just install a different
> package.  If you decide you don't want the one you've installed, you
> can remove it as you would any other Debian package.


Having got good answers here to other less-than-knowledgable
questions before, I proceed to ask a horribly newbie question: 

You say that installing the kernel package will "... prompt you to
run lilo..." Do I assume correctly: I have to modify /etc/lilo.conf,
that is, the installation does not do this for me? (It has been a
while since I built a kernel.) 

--David
David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
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