Compiling a new kernel?

[Gregory Nowak]

You first do a make menuconfig, and make dep after that.
Then do make modules
and make modules_install.
After that, do make bzImage.
If you've installed the howto package from your slackware cd,
you can find the kernel compiling howto in
/usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/Kernel-HOWTO
. Hth.
Greg


On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 12:13:15AM +0000, Doug Lawlor wrote:
> Hello list, Is there a FAQ some ware on compiling a kernel?  The problem 
> I'm having is that I can't produce a kernel that is smaller than 
> 2MB.  Should kernels be compressed?  I am using slackware 8 here.  If there 
> is not such a document would someone be willing to have a look at my 
> configuration and the output from 'make dep' and 'make' to see why this is 
> happening?  Here are the steps I am taking.
> 
> Doug
> 
> 1.  place the 'linux-2.4.13.tar.gz' file in my '/usr/src' directory.
> 
> 2.  'tar zxvf linux-2.4.13.tar.gz'.  A directory 'linux' is created and the 
> files and directories from the tar ball are placed in this directory.
> 
> 3.  Place 'speakup-1.00.tar.gz' in my '/usr/src' directory.
> 
> 4.  'tar zxvf speakup-1.00.tar.gz'  A directory 'speakup-1.00' is created 
> and the files and directories are placed in this directory.
> 
> 5.  'cd /usr/src/speakup-1.00'
> 
> 6.  './install' All of the patch hunks apply successfully.
> 
> 7.  'cd /usr/src/linux'
> 
> 8.  'make dep >/home/dlawlor/makedep' The output is directed into 
> '/home/dlawlor/makedep'.
> 
> 9.  'make menuconfig' I go through the configuration process and save my 
> configuration in '/home/dlawlor/kernel-config.cfg'.
> 
> 10.  I press the 'esc' key until I am asked if I want to save my 
> configuration.  I say yes and end up with a '.config' file in my 
> '/usr/src/linux' directory.
> 
> 11.  'make >/home/dlawlor/kernel-make'  All the output from make is placed 
> into '/home/dlawlor/kernel-make'.
> 
> 12.  I do a 'ls -l' and see a file called 'vmlinux' in my '/usr/src/linux' 
> directory.  It is executable and is around 2.5 mb.
> 
> 13.  'cp vmlinux /vmlinux-2.4.13' Copy the new kernel to where is lives on 
> my system.
> 
> 14.  I run 'lilo' and get a fatal error saying that kernel vmlinux-2.4.13 
> is too big.
> 
> 
> 
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