From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) Subject: Re: Compiling kernel Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1993 15:48:48 GMT
In article <2532af$k0k@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>,
Richard Kasperowski <richk@icad.com> wrote:
>It's true. I went so far as to download the _Kernel_Hacker's_Guide_,
>hoping to find out what to do after compiling a new kernel, but
>there's no information there either.
>
>So what do you do after compiling a new kernel in order to use it?
Two options:
1) Floppy - Just dd the new kernel to a floppy using the command.
$ dd if=/linux/Image of=/dev/fd0
- use zImage if you do a make zImage
- You may need to run rdev to set the proper root device and video modes
2) LILO
- Move the kernel to /. In fact I think you can put it anywhere.
- Goto /etc/lilo and make sure that you have an image entry with the
filename of your new image. You can have multiple image entries just
in case you want to keep your old kernel around until you've tested
your new kernel out.
- Run ./install in the /etc/lilo directory.
- As always you can press any of SHIFT/CTRL/ALT/LOCK keys at the LILO
prompt and pick the image to boot.
Hope this helps,
BAJ