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URGENT KERNEL QUESTION!!!!!!
Hey all u linux guru's...
This is the situation: I'm using RedHat 9, and when i try to mount an NTFS volume, it says kernel dosn't support NTFS.. SO I go the the KDE Control Centre, and configure the kernel (in the control centre GUI) to read NTFS...
I do all this... then it tells me to make the kernel.. this is also good! BUT... i heard that i got to copy the kernel to another location... somewhere where the boot/default kernel is...
Can somebody please give me some information and also some important PATHS to do with kernels...
Thanks a million...
UndyShelts :-)
This is the situation: I'm using RedHat 9, and when i try to mount an NTFS volume, it says kernel dosn't support NTFS.. SO I go the the KDE Control Centre, and configure the kernel (in the control centre GUI) to read NTFS...
I do all this... then it tells me to make the kernel.. this is also good! BUT... i heard that i got to copy the kernel to another location... somewhere where the boot/default kernel is...
Can somebody please give me some information and also some important PATHS to do with kernels...
Thanks a million...
UndyShelts :-)
With RH9, it's probably assuming GRUB instead of LILO. That means the following :-
1. You do a "make bzImage" instead of "make" or make "bzLilo" after make dep, which is after make menuconfig (or make xconfig).
2. Once done, the kernel is in /<source code location>/arch/i386/boot, and is called bzImage (or something else, depending on 1). That needs to be copied to /boot (in most cases), and an entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst added so you can select the new kernel at boot time. It's not wise to overwrite your existing kernel until you're sure the new one works, so if there's already a bzImage in /boot, copy the new one to something else. If it's GRUB, then that's all you need to do - now reboot and select the new kernel. If it's LILO, there are some extra steps to make sure LILO knows about the new kernel.
If you need to know about the entry in menu.lst, let me know.
Paul
1. You do a "make bzImage" instead of "make" or make "bzLilo" after make dep, which is after make menuconfig (or make xconfig).
2. Once done, the kernel is in /<source code location>/arch/i386/boot, and is called bzImage (or something else, depending on 1). That needs to be copied to /boot (in most cases), and an entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst added so you can select the new kernel at boot time. It's not wise to overwrite your existing kernel until you're sure the new one works, so if there's already a bzImage in /boot, copy the new one to something else. If it's GRUB, then that's all you need to do - now reboot and select the new kernel. If it's LILO, there are some extra steps to make sure LILO knows about the new kernel.
If you need to know about the entry in menu.lst, let me know.
Paul
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Superb answer from scott_silva! Give him the points. My answer would have got you there - eventually. His answer is a step by step recipe.
scott_silva : That site goes in my bookmarks - any other little gems like that?
Paul
scott_silva : That site goes in my bookmarks - any other little gems like that?
Paul
I just Google search for most of it!
Ran across that one a while back.
Ran across that one a while back.
I think you have to read Kernel-Howto at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/index.html