Except for configuring, it does all those steps automatically.
Since it puts all the files for this in a Debian package, it makes
tracking, installing, and uninstalling easier.
I really screwed up my system by trying to type everything myself.
Now, I just have to worry about selecting the wrong options in
configuration <g>.
Oopse, almost forgot, since I create a .deb package it is easy to
compile a Kernel on one machine and install it on another.
Kenny
On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 10:18:12AM -0500, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
> Kenny Hitt said the following on Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 09:13:41AM -0500:
> > Also, I found the kernel-package program made compiling and installing a
> > new Kernel a whole lot easier. You can install it by typing
> > apt-get install kernel-package
> > as root.
>
> @What makes it easier by using this package? I'm curious is all. I
> usually just do a make oldconfig after patching the new kernel using my
> saved .config file, then make dep, make bzImage, move the kernel image
> to it's appropriate place, make sure there is a kernel.old entry in
> lilo.conf, lilo-v and reboot. All those steps I can do in my sleep.
>
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> We learned to talk... Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
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