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Re: ILUG-Cochin Minutes.
- Subject: Re: ILUG-Cochin Minutes.
- From: Shanu <shanu@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:38:22 +0530
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> Hi,
> >>"Shanu" == Shanu <shanu@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Shanu> We didnt make an attempt to compile using make-kpkg
> Shanu> coz we thought it might be an overkill to these poor
> Shanu> souls. Most of these guys were win32 users and didnt even know
> Shanu> what a kernel is.
>
> Hmm. kernel-package was designed with the novice in mind. It
> is a convenience tool -- which makes compiling and installing a
> kernel easier, and has fewer possibilities of errors and omissions
> than doing it manally, I would think.
>
> manoj
>
> Phase ONE: Getting and configuring the kernel
> 1% cd <kernel source tree>
> 2% make config # or make menuconfig or make xconfig and configure
>
> Phase TWO: Create a protable kernel image .deb file
> 3% make-kpkg clean
> 4% fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
>
> Phase THREE: Install the kernel image on one or more machines
> 5# dpkg -i ../kernel-image-X.XXX_1.0_<arch>.deb
> 6# shutdown -r now
Hello Manoj,
I agree that it is the best way to do it. Some of these guys are RHL
users and dont know how to compile the kernel. Since kernel-package is
exclusive to Debian systems we overlooked it. Probably next time, we can
show them this alternative.
- --Shanu
- ---------------------------------------------------==(SHANU)==--
Shanker Balan Debian/GNU Linux 2.1
St. Alberts College
Cochin
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