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John Dangler wrote: |
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> I changed some options to the menuconfig (trying to get that splash to |
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> work), and saved the changes to an alternate config file. |
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> I'd like to make a kernel with _that_ config file and keep it separate from |
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> my default 2.6-r12 kernel, since, when the splash causes the panic, I have |
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> some way to get back in. |
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> How do I compile a new kernel that I can add to the grub.conf with the |
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> alternate config ? |
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The kernel config file used for compiling the kernel is called .config |
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So, to compile a kernel with that config file, just replace the .config |
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with your alternate file, saving the old .config of course if you want |
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to keep it: |
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mv .config my-old-config |
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mv my-new-config .config |
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(do this in the kernel source dir) |
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You might have to call 'make clean' before you compile your new |
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kernel, i'm not 100% sure on that -- it won't harm though. |
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You can add as many kernels to your grub config as you like -- you might |
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want to check with the install guide how to do that exactly: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 |
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Basically, your second kernel gets the same kind of entry just as your |
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first, but you will want to change the title and of course the kernel |
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(the root line should be the same as in the first block). Move your |
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kernel under the name you specified to the same location where your |
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other kernel is, using the name you specified in the config. (you will |
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probably have to mount your /boot partition to do all this naturally) |
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I.e. add an extra block something like this to your grub.conf: |
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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r11 |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 |
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Marco |
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