Re: Help with Kernel Build > Installer and Rescue CD

[Henrique Rodrigues <henriquesilvar@xxxxxxxxx>]

What exactly you want to do? If you just want to learn linux, I'd recommend you to try installing Gentoo (www.gentoo.org) using its Handbook: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/

I believe it is a valuable step-by-step basic guide on how to install gnu/linux and understand how it works (not only the kernel, but the entire system) from scratch.

--Henrique Rodrigues

http://www.dcc.ufmg.br/~hsr

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Tushar Dave <tushdev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Ganesh B <ganeshsurfs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

Building a install-able build for linux Kernel, that is it.

I have done these:

$ make help

$ make ARCH=x86 defconfig <<<This is incorrect you need to give a defconfig file name example for arm the configs are in

KERNEL_SOURCE_TREE/arch/arm/configs

$ make ARCH=x86 << once the config is done properly you dont need to give the ARCH option

$ make ARCH=x86 module_install

gave error nothing to make

$ make ARCH=x86 install << command is make modules_install install

gave error lilo needs to to be installed.

The kernel is built (for all processor types along with multiprocessor support as well), vmlinux.iso and bzimage.iso is there, the libraries are built, modules need to be configured though with grub/ lilo. Will get Lilo installed or a grub creator (what do I use for this?). << I use grub because on giving make modules_install install the grub gets updated automatically

/boot, /kernel, /library, /.... are there. I do not have /bin, /usr, /etc folders in this. Am I missing something or will that be built during the process.<<<<< You are compiling a kernel the /kernel, /boot are part of your kernel source code directory and /usr, /etc ,/bin are part of the file system

Can someone help me with the steps and syntax's just ahead step by step (like above) further to make a Installer CD and workable boot to be written to a system? The system does not boot with the above, even with a complete copy paste to USB or to a CD. i will take care of complexities myself, just mention any dont's or do's for configuration that is all, I will need help with.

TnR,

Ganesh

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