Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Installing kernel 2.4

[Aaron Littich <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I finally got the kernel installed, (had to screw around with my
stupid mouse and network card) and I'm at the stage where I am
copying a BZimage compressed kernel image to /boot, but don't
know which file to use.
I am in /usr/src/linux/linux-2.4.0/arch/i386/boot/compreesed/ and
I'm looking at three files:
Makefile
head.S
misc.c

Do I use head.S??


There is 
--- "Igor Izyumin Jr." <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Sunday 14 January 2001 17:10, you wrote:
> > Can someone help me add a new kernel, 2.4??  I downloaded the
> rpm
> > from MLUG's site, rpm-i to it, and put it in /usr/src/redhat,
> and
> > when I try to do make config, it just sits there and does
> > nothing.
> > I've also tried doing make xconfig and menuconfig, same
> thing.
> Hold on, hold on.  You're starting at the wrong place.  You
> need to download 
> the kernel from kernel.org, and it should be .tar.gz.  Then, go
> to /usr/src/ 
> and untar the kernel there.  Be sure that a directory named
> "linux" does not 
> exist, as that's where it will untar it.  Rename it if it does
> exist.  Then 
> do:
> mv linux linux-2.4.0
> cd linux-2.4.0
> make mrproper
> make xconfig (if you have X running), else do make menuconfig
> make dep
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
> then copy the bzImage (the location is mentioned in the readme)
> to the /boot 
> directory, rename it to something like vmlinuz-2.4.0 and add
> the new kernel 
> to to lilo.conf.  DO NOT REMOVE THE OLD KERNEL FROM LILO - the
> new one could 
> very likely not work.  Add something like this to lilo.conf:
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0 #change to reflect correct name
>         label=linux  # CHANGE THE LABEL FOR THE OLD KERNEL
>         root=/dev/sdd5  # just copy whatever is from the other
> kernel
>         read-only
> Then RUN LILO.  Just do this as root:
> /sbin/lilo
> This is very important.  If you don't do it, your system will
> get kinda 
> screwed up.  ALSO, HAVE A BOOT DISK HANDY, in case something
> does get screwed 
> up.
> One final word: this is not hard, but it can get slightly
> frustrating, 
> especially when you screw something up.  Just don't panic if
> something 
> breaks.  If you have a boot floppy, you'll be fine.
> -- 
> -- Igor
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