[Sheflug] how??

["Barrie Bremner" <nospam [at] barriebremner.com>]

I'm assuming that you've got Linux Format?

I bought the mag for the first time this month. Probably the last time
too. £5! Ouch!

The only directions you're likely to find in the mag on installing the
kernel is a paragraph at the end of pg93 - which directs you to the
LDP.

If you want to use the kernel, mount the cdrom, and get the kernel tar
file from the CD.

If you haven't compiled a kernel before going to
http://www.linuxdoc.org/ and reading the kernel howtos might be a good
idea.

The basic steps are:

su -
tar -zxvf /wherever/the/kernel/tar/is/kernel-2.4.1
mv linux /usr/src/linux-2.4.1
ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.1 /usr/src/linux
cd /usr/src/linux
make mrproper
make menuconfig
make bzImage
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.1
make modules
make modules_install
cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.1
emacs /etc/lilo.conf
lilo
reboot -n

Whatever you do - make sure that you keep your old kernel and images
setup (don't delete the files or the config in /etc/lilo.conf) - so if
the new kernel doesn't work you're not stuck with a dead system.
If you don't understand any of the steps I've listed - read the
howtos - they're pretty good, or, of course post again.

I think the first time I compiled a kernel I did it again several
times until I got everything working...

Cheers.

Baz.

Pete Smith writes:
 > I have just got Linux magazine. Which has a readers CD on it. Got for
 > instance The new kernel on it. However tho it has a "Users" section aimed at
 > us starters, I cannot find any where in the Mag where it tells one how to
 > get stuff from the CD to run on the Computor. I am running suse 6.4 and
 > would like to try changing to the  new Kernel.
 > Pete
 > 
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