[PLUG] Where's my new kernel?

Randy.Dunlap rddunlap at osdl.org
Tue May 21 19:54:29 UTC 2002


On Tue, 21 May 2002, Stuart Mathews wrote:

| 1. Downloaded the 2.4.18 kernel from kernel.org (tarball style, into
| /usr/src)
| 2. Unzipped, then unpacked the tarball
| 3. Backed up my modules file, just in case
| 4. Made sure I was in /usr/src/linux-2.4.18 directory
| 5. Executed #make config and make dep commands
| 6. Than ran make bzImage
| 7. Rna #make clean

Don't do this!!!

| 8. Began looking for a file named bzImage, vmlinuz or z Image

Yes, the bzImage file should be in arch/i386/boot/,
but 'make clean' should remove it too.

| > what steps did you make to build this kernel?
| >
| > On Tuesday 21 May 2002 02:44 pm, you wrote:
| > > Trying to rebuild a new, whiz-bang kernel (version 2.4).  I
| > > recompiled the thing and was under the impression that I'd have a
| > > newly compiled kernel named "bzImage" waiting for me
| > > /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot.  It never showed up.  All I have
| > > in there is:  bootsect.S   compressed   install.sh   Makefile
| > > setup.S   tools   video.S
| > >
| > > The tools  and compressed are directories, and they don't have my
| > > kernel either.  I didn't get any error messages when I
| > > recompiled, at least not that I can tell.
| >
| > --
| > Brian Horan
| > bhoran at hexdev.com

-- 
~Randy





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