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To: pocm@rnl.ist.utl.pt (Paulo J. Matos aka PDestroy)
From: David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com>
Subject: Re: Kernel Compilation Basics
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At 04:57 PM 11/23/01, Paulo J. Matos aka PDestroy wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm trying to compile 2.4.15.
>I've read Kernel Howto and I've done the quick compilation steps:
>make xconfig
>make dep
>make clean
>make bzImage
>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.15
>make modules
>make modules_install
>
>What about now?
>How do I create system map and modules info?
>What are they for?
>I feel that kernel howto is not explicit with this questions.
>Is there any place where can I get insight about these questions?

Rather than "cp ... /boot/..."  use "make install".  If I remember 
correctly, "make install" will even add the proper entry to 
/etc/lilo.conf.  Assuming you are using lilo, you will also need to run it 
after "make modules_install".

David


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