[PLUG] Grub with a new kernel

[Russ Johnson]

AthlonRob wrote:

>Do people still use those X thingies?  I couldn't imagine using anything
>but oldconfig and menuconfig these days.
>  
>
I do when it's convienent. Usually after 'make oldconfig'.

> Where does it put the kernel? What does it name it? What does it do if
>
>a kernel is already there with that name?  These are all questions I
>would rather not leave up to the kernel developers.... I just manually
>copy arch/i386/boot/bzImage to where I want it, then modify grub or lilo
>to see it there.
>  
>
This is controlled by the makefile and is actually quite simple to 
configure. Both the install location and the filename. I generally add 
my initials and a serial number to the end of the name it's already 
configured for.

For instance, I installed the source for my mandriva 2005LE 
installation, made some changes, and compiled kernel 2.6.11-6mdk-rlj-1 
for my laptop.

>Do people actually regularly use make install on a kernel?
>  
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Can't speak for others, but I do when I need to use a custom kernel.

Russ