Re: How to modify Distro's CD?
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Date: 04/18/05
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Date: 18 Apr 2005 05:06:12 GMT
On 17 Apr 2005 19:35:21 -0700 Awie <awie@nangura.net> wrote:
| phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote in message news:<d3u4ih11u4p@news1.newsguy.com>...
|> On 17 Apr 2005 01:32:18 -0700 Awie <awie@nangura.net> wrote:
|>
|> | Dear Experts,
|> |
|> | I want to modify the Linux ISO file to upgrade the current kernel with
|> | the latest one for my project.
|> |
|> | For example, the distro I use bring kernel 2.4.22 then I need to
|> | upgrade to 2.4.29 to get latest driver for my device. I was success to
|> | update the vmlinuz and some RPMS with kernel 2.4.29. Setup worked and
|> | detected my device.
|> |
|> | However it could not find modules (..../lib.modules/the-new-version).
|> | And I found that the modified CD cannot copy vmlinuz (new version) to
|> | directory boot (GRUB cannot load vmlinuz).
|> |
|> | Would you tell me how to correctly do it?
|> |
|> | Your answer is very appreciated and waited for.
|> |
|> | Thanks a lot for your help and best regards.
|> |
|> | Awie
|>
|> I always recompile my own kernels. Then I don't even have to worry about
|> modules or building initrds. The kernel is customized to my set of devices
|> though I do include all the devices for all my machines in each kernel so
|> I only need to manage one image which could be used on any machine.
|>
|> If you need special device drivers just to access your hard drive, this can
|> be a problem. This is one reason why I always use an IDE disk, or a very
|> common SCSI controller, for the system, and leave more complex stuff like a
|> huge RAID array to purely the database by itself (the only cases where I
|> would have such a thing).
|
| Yes, that is what I want to do. Re-compile own kernel that support a
| device driver (that I need) then copy it to CDROM ISO file.
Unless you need the device driver to accomplish the install and boot up
the system, trying to make the CDROM ISO, and make it just like your
distribution, is making a minor task into a major project. You should
compile the kernel you need after the system is installed, and just
switch it for the one being booted as installed. The particular details
will depend on your distribution and how it installs.
| I think I should check the initrds in source directory after
| compilation.
Is the system itself installed into the RAID device?
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