Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 6 Apr 2007 11:15:13 +0800 | | From | WANG Cong <> | | Subject | Re: set up new kernel with grub |
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On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:28:03PM -0500, Michael wrote: >Hi, Dick, > >Your steps work beautifully. Thanks. > >If you could explain a little about what happens in each step, that >would be even better. > >> # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3 >> If your current kernel is 2.6.20.3, edit the Makefile to >> add some character after "EXTRAVERSION" as EXTRAVERSION= 3x >> # cp .config ..
Save your existing config file in the parent directory.
>> # make distclean
Clean the files generated by last compiling.
>> # cp ../.config .
Copy your .config back here.
>> # make oldconfig
"The make oldconfig command causes the kernel configuration process to read in your existing configuration information and then prompt you for a value for any kernel configuration variables that were not provided set the existing kernel configuration file."
>> # make
Check all changed object files, and do the final kernel image link.
>> # make modules_install
Reinstall the newly-compiled modules.
>> # make install
Copy the kernel image and system.map to /boot and modify /boot/grub/menu.lst (or lilo.conf) properly.
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