RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001
Russell, et al
Still a draft! Please note questions and also corrected typo in 2 "libc6"
<!--\*#---------REBUILD KERNEL------------#*\--!>
References:
read (/usr/src/linux/ and this documentation may not be present if you have
not previously rebuilt your kernel; they come in the kernel source package
you will need to begin):
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/initrd.txt
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt
/usr/src/linux/README
/usr/src/linux/README.Debian
http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-kernel.en.html
http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/Units/aut99/85321/Resources/Print_Resources/Textbo
ok/chap13/
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22kernel+headers%22+linus+quote&hl=en&lr=&ie
=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/#AEN334
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0007.3/0587.html
Bear in mind that debian does things a bit differently than other
distros. What is that difference? In essence, in stead of reconfiguring the
kernel and replacing it directly, the reconfigured kernel is made into a
package (.deb) primarily so that the rebuild will remain integrated into the
debian package system so that future updates of the kernel can be made using
dpkg. (I have stated this in these boldly confident terms not being sure
that this is the essence at all...hoping for confirmation or education...mo)
<---Step-by-Step--->
[ ]1. Download the latest kernel to /usr/src/linux/kernel/ (if no
/usr/src/linux/kernel dir exists, make it. Question: the kernel source
package downloaded directly to /usr/src for me...is it safe to move the
source tar.bz2 to /usr/src/linux (for order under src)? before unpacking it)
and unpack it.
[ ]2. Make sure
[ ]"bin86"
[ ]"libc6-dev"
[ ]"debianutils"
[ ]"make"
[ ]"bzip2" and
[ ]"kernel-package" are installed.
[ ]3. (on 2nd and subsequent rebuilds) Copy configuration file to
/usr/src/linux/kernel_version_source_directory/
[ ]4. # cd to /usr/src/linux/kernel_version_source_directory
# make menuconfig
and make your selections
[ ]5. # make-kpkg clean
# make-kpkg -revision=<!--insert your own personal rebuild version number
here: i.e.: -revision=0001) --initrd kernel_image
[ ]6. A new kernel.version-0001_i386.deb will be placed in the
/usr/src/linux directory (or one up from where the sources are held)
[ ]7. Install the new kernel using # dpkg -i kernel.~.deb
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-----Original Message-----
From: Russell [mailto:rjshaw@iprimus.com.au]
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 8:20 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft
Michael Olds wrote:
>
> Russell, Torsten, et al:
>
> This is the "method" I have written up in my notes for a Debian Style
Kernel
> Rebuild. My feeling after all this is that this is something that as hair
> raising as it might seem for beginners, should be one of the first things
we
> learn, not to be delayed.
>
> It would be good if a step by step like this were made for recovering
using
> the suggested recovery disk (including link to source)
>
> <!--\*#---------REBUILD KERNEL------------#*\--!>
>
> 1. Download the latest kernel SOURCE package for your hardware
architecture
> (i.e. PIII, 4, etc) (??what about these "headers" or is that only for the
> non-Debian way?) to /usr/src/linux/kernel/ (if no /usr/src/linux/kernel
dir
> exists, make it) and unpack it.
It's 'bad' to put things
> 2. Make sure "bin86" "lib6c-dev" "debianutils" "make" "bzip2" and
> "kernel-package" are installed.
> 3. (on 2nd and subsequent rebuilds) Copy configuration file to
> /usr/src/linux/kernel_version_source_directory/
> 4. # cd to /usr/src/linux/kernel_version_source_directory
> # make menuconfig
> and make your selections
> 5. # make-kpkg clean
> # make-kpkg -revision=0001 --initrd kernel_image
> 6. A new kernel.version-0001_i386.deb will be placed in the /usr/src/linux
> directory (or one up from where the sources are held)
> 7. Install the new kernel using # dpkg -i kernel.~.deb
>
> <!--\*#------------------------------#*\--!>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Olds [mailto:MikeOlds@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 6:53 AM
> To: Russell; debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: Kernel Panic was: System is too Big; son of make menuconfig
>
> Thanks Russell and Torsten,
> Last night I did a re-install...not a huge loss in that this is still in
the
> learning/setup phase...and all of this was in the service of setting up
some
> kind of backup routine.
>
> Suggestion for the KDE folk, by the way: 1. Give us a way to use just the
> desktop without installing all the related programs...kate, konquoror,
> kword, konsole...in fact the whole Linux setup should be different as far
as
> these desktop things are concerned...we should be being given a choice of
> desktop setups, then for the one we choose, a second set of choices as to
> what to include. I don't mean that the options are there, scattered around
> throughout the available packages, but that we should start with a dialog
> about what to include. 2. In KDE you can save a scheme, but it isn't saved
> for everyone and it should be.
>
> This is the thing that had me perplexed: while I did not use the original
> configuration as the basis for the kernel rebuild, I did follow it...if
> something was built in, I built it in, if something was a module, I made
it
> a module...so it seems it must have been the --initrd option.
read:
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/initrd.txt
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt
/usr/src/linux/README
/usr/src/linux/README.Debian
http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-kernel.en.html
http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/Units/aut99/85321/Resources/Print_Resources/Textbo
ok/chap13/
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22kernel+headers%22+linus+quote&hl=en&lr=&ie
=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/#AEN334
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0007.3/0587.html
Bear in mind that debian does things a bit differently than other
distros. I haven't done enough programming to figure out the
specifics of kernel headers with debian yet. The main thing is
that a new kernel can be used, but source being built only needs
the old headers that the system libraries like glibc? were
built with.
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