[TriLUG] Re: Build A Kernel

[Jonathan Mills]

And by the way, the kernel build process has been greatly simplified 
under the 2.6 kernels.  This is all you need to do:

1) cd /usr/src/linux (or wherever you're kernel source is)
2) make mrproper  (may or may not be necessary, depending on circumstances)
3) make xconfig (or menuconfig, or whatever you're using to build the 
.config file)
4) make all
5) make modules_install
6) make install

Lance A. Brown wrote:

>paul.cour1 at verizon.net wrote:
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>>Hello
>>
>>I have a friends Laptop which has Fedora Core 2
>>installed. Runs fine.
>>
>>Friend wants newer kernel.
>>Downloaded 2.6.11 from kernel.orq, no problem
>>got to point of "make bzImage",
>>makefile starts, but gives error:
>>cannot find ".config" file...
>>
>>using find command, tried to find
>>.config file, none available,
>>but did find a 
>>"config-2.6.5-1358"
>>
>>How to proceed with kernel build?
>>    
>>
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>RTFM... :-)
>
>You need to generate a .config file using one of the available
>configuration mechanisms.  'make menuconfig' will provide a dialog based
>menu for configuring the kernel.  'make xconfig' (I think) will bring up an
>X-Window GUI for cnfiguring the kernel, etc.
>
>Once that is done, you should 'make deps' before 'make bzImage', IIRC.
>
>--[Lance]
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