[vox-tech] Compile 2.6.5 kernel Debian-style, get unbootable system

[Issac Trotts]

On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:42:48AM -0700, ace22b wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:55:44AM -0700, Issac Trotts wrote:
> > Here's what I remember of what happened:
> > 
> > $ apt-get kernel-source-2.6.5
> > $ tar xjvf /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.5.tar.bz2
> > $ cd kernel-source-2.6.5
> > $ cp /boot/config-2.6.3-1-686 .config  # or something similar
> > $ make menuconfig
> > $ MAKEFLAGS='CC=gcc-3.3' fakeroot make-kpkg --append_to_version -686 \
> > kernel_image modules_image
> 
> if yiu are using debian kernek config, you need to use --initrd option,
> as it compiles all of filesystems,ect as modules.
> 
> And you need to add initrd line to grub after that, like the rest of
> your kernels.
> 
> Or you can modify the lernel to compile ide/ext/whatever stuff into the
> kernel.
> 
> Hope this helps.

Yes it does.  Thanks to all who responded!

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