Re: Kernel compiling on Debian
Correct. Install kernel-package and take a look at
/usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz. There is a recommendation
there to use an epoch when creating your package, which will prevent it
from being overwritten during an upgrade.
For your question regarding CD-Writing, I would recommend that you take
a look at the CD-Writing-HOWTO. For my ATAPI CD writer, I use
'modprobe ide-scsi' to install the correct module.
Bob
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 10:23:11AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> Is this part of "kernel-package" ?? I just looked at it in aptitude
> and it does appear so.
>
> Reason I want to recompile is that vmlinuz is over 1mb in size, so it
> apparently has a lot compiled in, instead of modules. My older,
> customer kernels were usually less than 500k. I see on bootup, or via
> dmesg, that the kernel is looking for various devices that I don't
> have (mainly SCSI cards (??). I also can't get CD-Writing to work as
> it appears I can't get the "sr_mod" module loaded via "modconf". Any
> ideas there ??
>
> Regards
> Hall
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 10:15:47AM -0500, Alec Smith wrote:
> > Take a look at make-kpkg -- You'll have to install its .deb first though.
> >
> > Configure your kernel as usual, then do a make-kpkg clean instead
> > of make dep ; make clean. To do the actual compile, do make-kpkg
> > --revision=<some version number -- there are rules for good numbers in the
> > docs> kernel_image
> >
> > On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> >
> > > What is the "debian way" of compiling a kernel ?? I've read mentions of
> > > using something like "kernel-pkg" or similar. Can someone point to a
> > > website with details ?? Or, can I simply download the kernel source and
> > > do it the way I've always done it with "lesser" distros ;-) ??
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Bob Nielsen, N7XY nielsen@oz.net
Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
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