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On 3/24/06, Teresa and Dale <teendale@×××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Lord Sauron wrote: |
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> >On 3/24/06, Teresa and Dale <teendale@×××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>Gabriel Dain wrote: |
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> >>>>However, I don't know how to rebuild the kernel |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> |
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> >>># cd /usr/src/linux |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >Know how to do that... |
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> >>># make menuconfig |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >I don't see a file called "menuconfig" in here. Will this work? All |
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> >I see (that looks relevant) is Makefile, include/ and kernel/ |
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> You don't see that as a file, it is a command. Just type it in and a |
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> new screen comes up to configure the kernel with. Use the arrow keys to |
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> navigate around. I use the space bar to toggle what I want it to do as |
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> far as modules or build in. Some of this may not make sense until you |
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> are in there. Once you see it, it will clear up a bit. It took be |
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> about 10 tries to get a stable kernel the first time I did it. Now, if |
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> I know the hard ware, twice is about the most tries I need. I usually |
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> hit it the first time. |
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Ah, okay. That makes sense. |
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> >>><!--- Add whatever support you need, i've never worked with ACPI, sorry ---> |
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> >No clue whatsoever how to do that. I've never built a kernel before, |
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> >not on Debian, not on Red Hat, not on anything. |
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> >>># make && make modules_install |
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> >What'll that do? Make and make modules_install? I don't see anything |
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> >called "modules_install" either. |
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> When you type in make, it builds the kernel itself and creates a |
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> bzImage, it also makes the modules. BzImage is the kernel. That is the |
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> first thing the OS itself loads up to boot, yes, windoze has one too. |
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> Make modules_install installs any modules that were built during the |
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> make command. |
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> >>Addition: |
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> >>cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage<your stuff here> |
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> >I think mine is a i686... I think I should say that I did just take |
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> >the kernel off the live CD... I wasn't brave enough (at the time) to |
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> >build a kernel. |
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> It is the same for them all. My rig is i686 too but the kernel in i386 |
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> is what you use. |
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> >>Then add it or change it in bootloader, grub is easier on this one. ;-) |
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> >I use grup. |
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> Either they have a new bootloader or you mean grub. I have used Lilo |
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> and now use grub. IMHO, grub is better. |
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Yes, I mean grub. I had a small technical difficulty : ) |
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> <snip> |
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> I hope some of this makes sense. I have been where you are now and it |
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> is a bit . . . . scary. |
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Hmm... maybe not scary as much as being assaulted with too many new |
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things all at once. It makes it very hard to find where to dip your |
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toe into the larger pool of information. |
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