One other thing, the command really is make-kpkg kernel_image kernel_image is not being used as the substitute for some other file name. Sourceforge has a newbedoc project with a doc for kernel-package. I can send the url to you if you like. Kenny, do you know what the kernel-tree and kernel-build packages are used fore? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 4:14 AM Subject: Re: alsa in Debian using the stock 2.4.27 kernel wasRe:hello listers > Hi. > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 11:14:26AM -0400, Eric Kosten wrote: > > > Kernel-package packages my 2.4.27 kernel?? Does this allow me to then keep > > an immage of the kernel for a "fall-back form"? > > Yes. > > > kernel immage being the 2.6.11.7 kernel source tree that I just downloaded?? > > file name: patch-2.6.11.7.bz2 > > > Did you download linux-2.6.11.7.bz2? > I believe the files from kernel.org that start with patch are used to > update an existing 2.6 kernel source of an earlier version to the new > version. Since you are going from 2.4.27, you should download > linux-2.6.11.7.tar.bz2. > > > This is rather confusing since I have built a total of 2 kernels and this > > with the help of a friend. > > I'm guessing, but your friend probably built the kernel the way > described in the docs that come in the kernel source tree. This will > work on Debian, but you will have to do some things manually that will > be done for you using the kernel-package program. > > One example is if you used grub as your boot loader. the "make install" > command doesn't understand Debian's grub, so you will have to edit > /boot/grub/menu.lst manually after you are done. The kernel-package is > a Debian program, so it knows about Debian's grub. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
