On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Colin Palmer wrote:

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On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Paul MacDonald wrote:

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I would like to compile it on my desktop machine. Apart from making sure it is correctly configured for the laptop hardware, what do I have to do. For instance, "make modules_install" will obviously not magically wisk

I do this often on my machines as I have two with Asus P3V4X's that wont compile 2.4 kernels and so have to compile the kernel on another board then FTP it accross. I do: cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.19 make menuconfig make dep && make bzImage && make modules tar -czf ~/kernel.tar.gz * then I ssh into the destined machine, ftp the kernel.tar.gz over to my home directory then. cd /usr/src mkdir linux-2.4.19 tar -xzvf ~/kernel.tar.gz make modules-install && cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 then edit grub.conf or lilo.conf as usual and point it to the new fandangled kernel. What I do is configure ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Purvis" <matt(a)purvis.co.nz> To: "wlug" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 12:42 AM Subject: Re: [wlug] Compiling a kernel for a different machine the

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modules over to the laptop. What files need to go where?

Since you mention it's a Debian install, 'man make-kpkg' might be helpful. Build the kernel and modules into a package file on your desktop box, copy that across to the laptop and install it with dpkg.

Another method, if you're not using Debian, or want to do it manually for any reason, is to edit the Makefile and change the directory where modules_install will put the modules.

Search for INSTALL_MOD_PATH in your Makefile (or specify it before the "modules_install:" line if there isn't an INSTALL_MOD_PATH in there). For example:

INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/tmp/laptop-kernel

Then run the command "make -n modules_install" to verify that the modules will go into the right place (the -n option on make will just print the commands to be executed). When it's correct, run "make modules_install", then tar up the modules and put them onto your laptop.

Matt