[olug] Custom kernels

[Jon]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:54:09AM -0500, Jon wrote:
> I run the base slackware 8.0
> I download each kernel when released

i forget expanding the tarball
cd /usr/src
rm linux ( symbolic link )
tar -zxvf linuxtarball
mv linux linux-2.4.x
ln -s linux-2.4.x linux
cd linux

> I go to previous source tree to make xconfig and dump my config to a file
> I load file into new kernel src tree through make xconfig 
> I usually look through options quickly to see any changes
> export MAKE='make -j4'

I forgot make dep.

> make
> make install
> make modules
> make modules_install
> reboot (make install already ran lilo for me)
> login as root cd nvidia/NVIDIA_Kernelxxx
> make install
> 
> now my system is running new kernel.  If I deciede to back up my previous kernel I copy /vmlinuz /vmlinuz-2.4.x and add a target in lilo.  Make install also makes a backup of last kernel installed.  It isn't always painless ( reiserfs was broken a few kernels back ) but it feels good to be on the latest kernel.
> 
> -Jon W
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:16:33AM -0500, Mike Peterson wrote:
> > 
> > By custom kernels I mean, kernels other that the one provided with the
> > distribution when released.
> > 
> > Is anyone running the new 2.4.10 kernel yet?
> > 
> > Is anyone running custom kernels on Redhat 6.2, 7.0, or 7.1?
> > 
> > Has anyone had any problems upgrading to the latest kernels when the come
> > out?
> > 
> > Which distribution is most used by the list members that use the 2.4 kernel?
> > Debian or Redhat or Mandrake or Slackware or TurboLinux or SUSE or Corel or
> > Caldera or others.
> > 
> > 
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