Re: Meeting Tomorrow

[Eric Lathrop <eslathro@xxxxxxx>]

> I'm not the person to present on this, but I'd like to see something on 
> recompiling kernels. Three tries and I'm still stuck with an old
> version.

Well the basic run-down is:

<INSTRUCTIONS>

$ wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.18.tar.gz
$ mv linux-2.4.18.tar.gz /usr/src
$ tar xzf linux-2.4.18.tar.gz
$ cd linux
$ make menuconfig

configure your kernel here

$ make dep; make clean; make bzImage

if you're running lilo:

$ cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.18
$ ln -s System.map-2.4.8 System.map
$ cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18
$ echo "image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18">>/etc/lilo.conf
$ echo "label=linux-2.4.18">>/etc/lilo.conf
$ lilo

or if you're running grub:

$ info grub

then finally:

$ reboot

make sure you pick the new kernel to boot here when lilo/grub prompts you.

</INSTRUCTIONS>

I hope that helps you. If you're still having trouble its probably with
whatever configuration you gave 'make menuconfig'. Doing a few searches on
usenet (groups.google.com) should help you figure out what options to
pick.

Thanks,
  --Eric Lathrop
    www.Wretchedbliss.net