Skip to Main Content
Linux Desktop Hacks
book

Linux Desktop Hacks

by Nicholas Petreley, Jono Bacon
March 2005
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
342 pages
15h 55m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from Linux Desktop Hacks
Compile a Kernel #88
Chapter 10, Kernel
|
267
HACK
Joining the commands using && allows your system to proceed with each
step automatically if no errors occur in the previous step. This is a very use-
ful trick to remember for other situations in which you want to string a
series of commands.
A few distributions might have specific methods you can follow to compile a
kernel. For instance, Debian provides a method for compiling a kernel and
creating a Debian package out of it. This makes it easy to install on your
machine, and it makes a convenient package to transfer to other machines
that need the same kernel. Debian Universe (http://www.debianuniverse.com/
readonline/chapter/21), a web site created by Jonathan Oxer, has details on
this method.
Install the Kernel
The compiled kernel is placed in /usr/src/linux/arch/<platform>/boot and is
called bzImage, where <platform> is a placeholder for the type of computer
on which you are performing the compile. For example, if you compiled
your kernel on an x86 machine, such as a Pentium, Athlon, Celeron, etc.,
you will find the kernel image in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot. You must
copy this image over to /boot. You also should rename it to include the ver-
sion of the kernel in the filename so that when you have multiple kernels
you can easily tell which is which. Also, the Linux kernel image has tradi-
tionally been referred to as vmlinuz, and many users
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two

Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two

William von Hagen, Brian K. Jones
Introducing Linux Distros

Introducing Linux Distros

Jose Dieguez Castro

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596009119Supplemental ContentCatalog PageErrata