Re: building 2.6.35

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:29:11 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote:
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> $ cd linux-source-2.6.32
> $ cp /boot/config-2.6.32-5-686 .config
> $ make menuconfig
> $ make-kpkg --append-to-version -custom5-686 --revision 2.6.32-18 \
>    --initrd --rootcmd fakeroot kernel_image modules_image
> $ cd ..
> $ su
> # dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.32-custom5-686_2.6.32-18_i386.deb
> # aptitude install nvidia-kernel-common
> # dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx-2.6.32-custom5-686_71.86.13-1+2.6.32-18_i386.deb
> # dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.32-custom5-686     [not sure if needed, but ...]
> # shutdown -r now;exit
> 
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Oops!  I forgot to show the "make-kpkg clean" step after "make menuconfig".
I'm not sure if this is still needed anymore, but it's good practice.  In real
life, I did issue it; but when I composed the e-mail, I forgot to document
it.

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