On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 15:15, Karl Bongers wrote:
> Heres what I've done for my RH7.1, RH7.2 systems and Debian
> on my Laptop.

Hey great mail Karl! Wow! Also of not is the kernel howto
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html

I can't stress enough how important it is for newbie kernel compilers to
read this _BEFORE_ they start trying to compile their kernel (* Hi
Citadel * )


> 
> You probably want a boot disk in case of trouble, mkbootdisk
> will make you one.
> 
> I've been running 2.4.18.
> I remove any old build "linux" folder, unpack it
> (tar xjf linux-2.4.18.tar.bz2).
> 
> make menuconfig
> 
> You need to turn on
> "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers"
> in order to select many of the new and beta status selections.
> That can be confusing, if it's off then you don't
> see the menuconfig selections.
> 
> I made a script so I don't have to re-type the build, and
> I like to log everything:
> #/bin/sh -v
> make dep 2>&1 | tee make_deps.log && \
> make bzImage 2>&1 | tee make_bzImage.log && \
> make modules 2>&1 | tee make_modules.log && \
> make modules_install 2>&1 | tee make_modules_install.log
> 
> Before you run this script, you may want to back-up/rename/remove your
> current lib/modules/linux-xx.xx.xx kernel modules folder.
> make modules_install writes these out.  If your existing install
> is a different version(-2.4.17 say) then it won't be a problem.
> 
> I hand install the files:
> cp linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.4.18
> cp linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.18
> cp linux/.config /boot/config-2.4.18
> 
> Then edit /etc/lilo.conf to make a new entry for it,
> keep your old one as a backup,
> run lilo.
> 
> The bzImage file is all you really need, the system.map is
> just for verbose kernel debugging(not required), and the
> .config is just nice to copy somewhere you can find it again.
> 
> Now reboot into the new kernel, figure out what you forgot to
> configure correctly and start over(keep the .config file as
> a starting point).
> 
> IF you need PCMCIA stuff, it is an additional add on src
> package to download.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 06:37:17PM -0500, Luke Steiner wrote:
> > Hey,
> >  
> >  
> >             This is the first time I've ever tried compiling a kernel.
> > I'm trying to install NTFS as a file system into it.
> >  
> > Here are the steps I made..
> >  
> > Make config    ;from here I went through and selected NTFS to be
> > supported
> >  
> > Make dep
> >  
> > Make bzImage
> >  
> > Make bzlilo
> >  
> >  
> > Then I restarted...am I missing something?  I'm using LILO and it is the
> > /vmlimz file..so it is correct.  But it isn't going though and
> > recognizing the NTFS filesystem.
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > Anyone have any ideas?
> >  
> >  
> > Take it Easy,
> >  
> >  
> > Luke
> 
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