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On 3/24/06, Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> However, I don't know how to rebuild the kernel, or do so enabling |
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Others have covered the mechanics of building and installing the |
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kernel. Just a couple of points to try to keep you out of trouble: |
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1. However you install the kernel (by which I mean the bzImage gets |
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copied to /boot), make really sure you have a backup kernel, and can |
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boot from it. Something like: |
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cp /boot/vmlinuz-blah-blah /boot/vmlinuz-SAFE |
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cp /boot/initrd-blah-blah /boot/initrd-SAFE |
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and then add an entry to /boot/grub/grub.conf like so: |
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title Safe |
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kernel /vmlinuz-SAFE blah blah blah |
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initrd /initrd-SAFE |
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Then reboot to your 'Safe' kernel to make sure things work. |
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2. Since you are just starting out with kernel configuration, only |
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_add_ things to the kernel, don't delete any drivers, and avoid |
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modules (make everything a '*' in menuconfig, not 'M'). Once you get |
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some confidence with configuring and installing kernels, and rebooting |
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with your backup kernel, you can get more adventurous with modules or |
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removing unnecessary drivers. |
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-Richard |
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