RE: Custom Kernel

[Will Newton <nospam [at] south-of-heaven.demon.co.uk>]

> However, after following all the instructions, when it comes to copy the new
> image across to /boot, I`m told that the file (zImage) doesn`t exist - yet I
> spent a while staring at an xterm as gcc churned through its paces.

Try:

cd /usr/src/linux
cp arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/vmlinux-<kernel version here>

If that doesn't work, start again:

make mrproper
make config/menuconfig/xconfig
make dep ; make clean
make boot
make modules
make modules_install

Then try the above. :)

> What should I do, step-by-step?
>
> Oh, and why bother? :-)
>
> What are the benefits of a custom kernel?

It impresses the ladies.

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