Re: FC2 Kernel Rebuild

From: Aaron Hughes (hughesac_at_clarkson.edu)
Date: 06/04/04

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    Phil Schaffner wrote:
    > On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 14:09 -0500, Steve Pyatt wrote:
    >
    >>After trying for about two weeks to rebuild the kernel that comes with
    >>FC2, I finally got it to work. At least to the point that it boots
    >>correctly. The only web link I found that had correct instructions for
    >>the kernel is this one;
    >>http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2465
    >
    >
    > Well, that set of instructions omits "make mrproper" as the first step,
    > which can be critical for Red Hat kernels - certainly has been necessary
    > in the past. Also has quite a lot of stuff that is not relevant to
    > rebuilding/installing a Fedora kernel that may be confusing.
    >
    > This procedure works for me:
    > ---------------------------------------------------------------
    > #!/bin/bash
    > # /root/bin/make_linux
    > #
    > # Kernel build steps:
    > # 1. Install the sources
    > # 2. cd <install directory> (e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.4
    > # 3. make mrproper
    > # 3a. optional - copy .config file from configs directory or
    > # old kernel, then "make oldconfig"
    > # 4. make xconfig (gconfig for 2.6 or menuconfig if not in X)
    > # 5. make dep (not required for 2.6 kernels)
    > # 6. make
    > # 7. make bzImage
    > # 8. make modules
    > # 9. make modules_install
    > # 10. make install
    > # 11. if required, configure bootloader. ("make install" will do
    > # this for you)
    > #
    > # This script implements steps 6-10
    > #
    > # Note: adjust "-j n" for performance on compilation
    > # runs parallel jobs
    > # -j 4 is a good starting place for single processor
    >
    > (make -j 6 && make -j 6 bzImage && make -j 6 modules && \
    > make modules_install && make install) >& /tmp/MakeKernel.log
    >
    > # check log file for errors when done, repeat as required, or reboot
    > # to test
    > ---------------------------------------------------------------
    >
    > "make rpm" has also been suggested as a simple solution.
    >
    > Sorry to hear you had such problems. Might have found better help in
    > the list archive - has been discussed before.
    >
    > Phil
    >
    >
    >
    I followed your steps and everything went well with the 2.6.6 kernel
    even NVIDIA drivers. I did everything in /home/user/src/kernel and it
    is taking up a lot of space now. What do I do with the stuff that's in
    the directory can I do a make clean, delete all of it, move it somewhere
    else? 

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