Re: How do I compile a kernel ? faq

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On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 06:02:45PM +0300, Ionut Ambrosie wrote:
>     In the How do I compile a kernel faq on you site, after the paragraph:
>     "Become root to be able to install modules and kernel. Everything
> before this point can and should be done as a normal user, there is
> really no need to be root to compile a kernel. It's actually a very
> bad idea to do everything as root because root is too powerful, one
> single mistake is enough to ruin your system completely."
>     you wrote "Intall the modules." and i think the correct version is
> "Install the modules."

Thanks for spotting this, fixed. I also fixed the separate "make ; make
modules", in 2.6 you can just run "make".

>     I think it should be a good idea to include instructions on how to
> update grub too.

I don't know about grub, never used it, Lilo (and pxelinux) works for
me. If you can give me a grub section, I'll add it.


Erik

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