That sounds pretty easy. Maybe I'm anticipating too many problems. Thanks On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 10:07:57AM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote: > Not sure, I've just used make mrproper make oldconfig and make-kpkg. I didn't > bother with an initrd and didn't bother including a line for one in my menu.lst > file. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh at ftml.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:43 AM > Subject: advice needed on kernel compiling > > > > Thanks to Greg for the date info on the 2.6.18 patches. > > > > I would like to make a smooth upgrade from Shane's 2.6.17-speakup > > package to the new 2.6.18 kernel, and could use some advice doing this. > > My problem is that Shane's configuration uses an initrd, which I have > > never done manually myself before. Here's my key question: > > > > If I patch the 2.6.18 source tree with speakup (already done), do a make > > mrproper (already done), copy over the existing 2.6.17-speakup > > configuration into the new source directory and run make oldconfig > > (already done), and then run make (running while I am typing this), > > > > then what else must I do before doing a make modules_install and make > > install, in order to deal with the initrd issue? I am using the grub > > boot loader, so an update-grub when done ought to work fine, provided > > there is an initrd file for the new kernel as there is for the old one. > > > > Advice sorely needed, > > > > Chuck > > > > -- > > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (29% of Full) > > Only 10 kinds of people: those who do binary, and those who do not. > > But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (33% of Full) Only 10 kinds of people: those who do binary, and those who do not. But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
