VanLUG Email Archive
Ian Morey (bunmorey@home.com)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 03:14:40 -0700
At 01:21 AM 16/08/99 -0700, you wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 01:15:43AM -0700, Randall Clark wrote:
> > is their a way to ugdate the kernal without having to install Redhat
> Linux 6
> > ??
> > If so where can I find it and the instructions??
>
>Umm, yes... You untar the kernel sources (from ftp.ca.kernel.org) in
>/usr/src, then cd linux. make config or make menuconfig, select the options
>you like. Then make dep && make bzlilo && make modules && make modules_install
>When you're done (assuming no errors), reboot into your new kernel.
-- Hmmm, when I do that I also have to move System.map from the
/usr/src/linux with a name change.... though it may not be really
necessary. Then move the kernel from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot (or
something like that) to /boot, usually with a name change so I can have a
kernel choice at boot. Then edit /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo.
Then my machine can boot into the New kernel... hopefully. :)
eg.
mv /usr/src/linux System.map /boot/System.map-2.2.11
then link System.map-2.2.11 System.map eg.
ln -s /boot/System.map /boot/System.map-2.2.11
and move the kernel.
mv /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.2.11
- then modify /etc/lilo.conf;
boot=/dev/hda6
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/bzImage-2.2.11
label=lin-K2-11
root=/dev/hda6
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.32
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=Windoze
table=/dev/hda
...the first image being the new one.... then run lilo to update it.
Reboot the machine and pray..... if everything is happy, then you
can go back into /usr/src/linux and do a make mrproper to clear all the
object(?) files up and free up some more space.
You can also do this in X Windows using "make xconig", I think. A
bit more friendly than "make config".
Hope this fills in the details... nothing like killing your
machine or messing up the module dependencies by missing some
steps.... been there, done that. ;)
Cheers,
Ian
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