Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer

[David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org>]

Piers Kittel <edinfo-list@biased.org> writes:

> I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is
> extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's
> possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kernel
> and modules over - how to do this?

Build the kernel normally using kernel-package, configuring it for the
target machine.  (http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/ has what seems to
be the canonical Debian kernel compilation how-to these days.)  When
you're done, you should have a kernel-image-*.deb file; copy it to the
target machine using scp or some such.  Then log in as root on the
target machine and use 'dpkg --install' to install the kernel.

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