Re: ILUG-Cochin Minutes.

[Shanu <shanu@xxxxxxxx>]

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
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  Shanker Balan                            Debian/GNU Linux 2.1
  St. Alberts College
  Cochin

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