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Re: [PLUG] Kernel recompiles with GRUB
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Mike Leone wrote:
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> > > Oh? But I wanna keep the old (original) kernel, so my kernel image will
> > > have it's own name (vmlinuz-2.4.16-MJL). I thought that menu.lst wasn't
> > > updated properly (with new entries), until you ran update-grub. Or am I
> > > mis-understanding this GRUB stuff again?
> >
> > Hmmm. Maybe I'm misunderstanding it. I haven't used it but once (on my
> > laptop) and I don't think I've ever compiled on it (source won't fit).
> > Sorry. I thought I knew what I was talking about. <Puts paper bag over head>
>
> Remember to breathe under there, Beldon. :-)
>
> What I did was compile a new kernel image called vmlinuz-2.4.16-MJL. This allowed me to keep the original kernel image (vmlinuz-2.4.16), in case I screwed something up, and my kernel didn't boot (as it didn't, since I forgot to check an important option in the config).
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> Anyway, I added a new line to the menu.lst, referencing my new kernel, and did a update-grub.
>
> GRUB then made me 2 new menu options - my new kernel in multi-user mode, and my new kernel in single user mode. It left the original as it was, which allowed me to boot properly, so I could go in and fix my config.
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> As an aside ... I have a new Athalon 1700, on a KT266A chipset, with a ATA-100 drive. I started the kernel compile (make dep ; make clean ; make bzImage) just as a commercial came on the TV. And that part of the compile was done when the commercial break was done. :-) Major difference from my P3-550, non-ATA-100 disk.
Oooh. That's what we like to hear. I'm looking at replacing my AMD K6
300 in the not to distant future, and speeding up kernel and XFree86
compiles is a big plus.
--
Kevin Brosius
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