Debian kernels

rickenbacherus · 06-05-2003, 07:25 PM

I have found a few apt-get install kernel-source how-to's but wouldn't mind some recommendations if anyone has any. 1 2

I've read the docs in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package. It appears that all the headers and libraries are included for all arch.'s with the Debian kernels so that shold be fairly straightforward. I wonder what if anything has changed since the documentation was written? Thanks for any pointers.

KevB · 06-07-2003, 12:29 PM

Follow this:

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2949&page=1

rickenbacherus · 06-07-2003, 10:13 PM

Thanks-I had also seen that one as well. What I didn't see addressed tho was what to do if you fail to make it through make-kpkg. I do a make-kpkg clean- is that all I need to do? It seems as though there would still be some junk around somewhere. I dunno....

KevB · 06-08-2003, 04:51 AM

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Originally posted by rickenbacherus
I do a make-kpkg clean- is that all I need to do? It seems as though there would still be some junk around somewhere. I dunno....

As far as I know yes, I've followed it and I had no problems at all, also installation you can also delete the deb file created to install your new kernel.

rkrjrdn · 06-18-2003, 08:03 PM

When you say "What I didn't see addressed tho was what to do if you fail to make it through make-kpkg. I do a make-kpkg clean- is that all I need to do?" -- what do you mean? Are you getting an error when you run "make-kpkg clean" ?

rickenbacherus · 06-18-2003, 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by rkrjrdn
When you say "What I didn't see addressed tho was what to do if you fail to make it through make-kpkg. I do a make-kpkg clean- is that all I need to do?" -- what do you mean? Are you getting an error when you run "make-kpkg clean" ?

Nah- I was just wondering since I'd never used the Debain method before.

markus1982 · 06-19-2003, 05:11 AM

You should consider backporting the current version of kernel-package from unstable since it provides useful new features which aim to help you. To do that add in your /etc/apt/sources.list a unstable-source and then do apt-get source -b kernel-package. I can also provide you with a backported package if you want me to!