-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 September 2003 04:40, Gary Gies wrote: > I then wanted to practice building a new kernel so I decided to build > the kernel using the config that I found in /boot/config-2.4.20-20.9 > which i assumed (probably incorrectly) that this is the .config file > which was used to build the 2.4.20-20.9 kernel supplied by RHN. > > So I copied this file to /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.9/.config. > > Then did > > make clean > make dep > make bzImage You missed a step; if you copied the config provided by RH, then you need to do # make oldconfig (this'll load the RH defaults you copied over) # make menuconfig (optional; only if you want to change the default RH params) # make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install # make install And voila! You've got a new kernel! Boot into the new kernel and see if it works. Good luck, and enjoy! PS. I would leave the RH kernel alone; if you want to play with kernels go to kernel.org and download 2.4.22/2.6 and play with those. Callan - -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Beatrice Hall -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/W+MEnyMhcbScbQYRAhEiAJ4p9VYwp8Eq4jvdsGNet/yv8lW9zQCeItWK Kcf8mLe6U86lO2EJXyl8IFs= =pWIK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
