Re: Kernel Headers
On (06/06/05 21:53), Stephen Grant Brown wrote:
> Hi All,
> I would love to go the Debian way but I need the 2.6.11.7 kernel to connect
> to a
> usb drive which I cannot get going with a Debian precompiled kernel.
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> PS The only program I really want to use is faubackup to back up onto the
> usb drive. I have been able to compile the 2.6.11.7 kernel with usable usb
> drivers but the faubackup program does not use symlinks on this drive.
> "make-kpkg kernel_source" does not produce a .deb package. I have produced a
> kernel binary .deb package. How do I install that?
A good reference when building custom kernels is:
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
To install a compiled kernel (.deb):
bash:/usr/src# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.x.x.050520_10.00.Custom_i386.deb
Regards
Clive
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin" <cwvca_SPAMNOT@hotmail.com>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Kernel Headers
>
>
> > Stephen Grant Brown wrote:
> > > Got tarball of Linux Kernel 2.6.11.7, and compilled and installed it.
> > >
> > > Modules do not work.
> > >
> > > Tried to re-install tarball of faubackup but it fails too.
> > >
> > > How do I correctly install the Linux Kernel tarball, the faubackup
> tarball
> > > and the correct header files? If it is RTFM, which one do I read and
> where
> > > do I find it?
> > I agree with the other poster. If you installed the kernel The Debian
> > Way(tm), then the modules would load properly. Install the kernel-package
> > package and follow those instructions and the kernel should install fine.
> >
> > My guess about not loading the kernel modules is that the
> module-init-tools
> > package is not installed which the kernel-package will install
> automatically.
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