Re: 2.6.1 kernel compile and installation with GRUB
From: Linux4life (Linux4life_at_seznam.cz)
Date: 02/04/04
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To: fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:38:26 +0100
cdrobsonjr@netscape.net wrote:
> Dear Linux friends,
>
> I am a noob and a boob when it comes to kernel compilation.
>
> I downloaded the source from kernel.org and unpacked it in my home
> directory. I ran make mrproper (didn't need to?), make xconfig,
> make dep, make clean, and make bzImage. Then I ran make modules and
> make modules_install.
> Now I'm to the point of trying to put the results where they need to be
> and modify GRUB to be able to boot into this new kernel.
> But...all the instructions I have found so far (especially the ones
> that came with the kernel source) only document what to change if
> you are using lilo or loadlin. I'm a Fedora guy with GRUB.
>
> Few other questions: I looked for a file called bzImage in my /boot
> directory and can't find it. I found vmlinux instead. Am I supposed
> to rename bzImage to something like vmlinux-2.6.1 and put it in the
> /boot directory? And then change the symlink vmlinux to it?
>
> Also, there were a couple of other files in /boot for which I cannot find
> equivalents in my new compiled kernel source tree. The are equivalents for
> initrd-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl and vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl.
> And why is there a symlink of vmlinux-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl pointing to
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2149.nptl/vmlinux ? What is that file?
> I looked in my present grub.conf and found that it uses two things:
> a vmlinuz and an initrd file names. I can't find anything in what
> I compiled that would obviously get put in /boot for GRUB to use.
> Confusion!
>
> Too many questions - all showing I don't know what I'm doing.
> I know - dangerous. But, this system is for me to learn on.
> So far I have not been able to find help on the web. To make matters
> worse for me, the kernel HOWTO has been removed ! Hopefully they will
> update it to include directions for using GRUB.
> Anybody have time to walk me through what all else I need to do to
> get this kernel useable?
>
>
>
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Run the following commands:
make xconfig
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
make install
it will even add a new entry in your grub.conf file.
Sincerely,
Ivo
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