RE: The Steps to upgrade kernel

["Otto Haliburton" <ottohaliburton comcast net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-admin redhat com [mailto:redhat-list-
> admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Gunawan
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 8:14 PM
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> Subject: The Steps to upgrade kernel
> 
> Hi,
> Thank you for all of your reply regarding the upgrade kernel. I still
> need
> some help.
> 
> 1. Could you explain to me  what is the purpose of these steps each?
>          1. make clean; make mrproper
deletes old objects and prepares the build
>          2. make xconfig or make menuconfig (I prefer the latter)
builds the X configuration menu or the text menu (you will prefer the
xconfig
>          3. make dep
resolves the dependencies
>          4. nohup make bzImage
builds the kernel
>          5. make modules
makes the modules for the drivers etc...
>          6. make modules_install
installs the modules in the proper locations
>          7. make install
installs the kernel you build in step 4.
> 
> 2. I have download 'linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2' to upgrade the kernel.
>     What should I do now? I am new in red hat/linux and almost know
> nothing.
> 
> TIA,
> Gunawan
> 
> 
> 
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