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Compiling a Kernel the Debian Way

# apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.17
# cd /usr/src
# tar jxvf kernel-source-2.4.17.tar.bz2
# ln -s kernel-source-2.4.17 linux
# cd linux
# vi Makefile (optional)
- Set EXTRAVERSION = -YYYYMMDDn ( i.e. to todays date, where n is a daily serial no. That way /lib/modules won't get confused)
# cp /boot/config-2.4.16 .config (optional)
- Gets the stock Debian config so you can just modify what you need to
# make oldconfig
# make-kpkg clean
# make-kpkg --initrd --config xconfig --revision=2:hostname.1.0 kernel-image
# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.17_heyzeus.1.0_i386.deb
.. and if want to build PCMCIA deb's as well
# apt-get install pcmcia-source
# cd /usr/src
# tar zxvf pcmcia-modules.tar.gz
# cd linux
# make-kpkg modules_image
# cd ..
# dpkg -i ../pcmcia-*.deb

Notes:

You only need the --initrd option to make-kpkg if you're building an initrd (Initial RamDisk) kernel image.
In the make-kpkg line heyzeus is the name of the machine that I'm building the kernel for and 1.0 is the version of my build. The cryptic looking 3: colon part is setting the package epoch. What this means is that your kernel package will always have a higer version number then the default Debian kernel package so it will never get overwritten when you upgrade.
There's a good article from the Linux AU magazine which covers kernel compilation the Debian way.

These are later docs that are probably better and I should integrate them. -- AdamShand

# apt-get install make gcc libc6-dev binutils patch bin86

bin86 is required for intel arch only

# apt-get install dpkg-dev debhelper kernel-package debianutils dh-make

# apt-get install ncurses-dev (for menuconfig)

# apt-get install initrd-tools fileutils modutils fdutils 

# apt-get install pcmcia-source

 if you need pcmcia support

  make sure you have recent enough versions of various utilitites 
  (including grub and lilo)

# apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.8-386
  (this isn't required but we want the config file)

# apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.8-386
# cd /usr/src
# tar Ixvf kernel-source-2.4.8.tar.bz2
# ln -s kernel-source-2.4.8 linux
# cd linux
# cp /boot/config-2.4.8-386 .config
# make oldconfig
# make menuconfig (or menuconfig or config)
  (you need to remove the initrd crap at the bottom of the block devices 
  section and make sure the ext2 is compiled in (not a module) in the 
  filesystem section.  if you wanna use the pcmcia-cs stuff disable 
  pcmcia in the general section)

  or just remove pcmcia stuff to build pcmcia manually later.

# make-kpkg --revision=2:hostname.1.0 kernel-image
# apt-get remove kernel-image-2.4.8-386
  (unless this is your only bootable kernel!!)
# dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.4.8_hostname.1.0.i386.deb
# vi /boot/grub/menu.1st or vi /etc/lilo.conf
  (and if you use lilo remember to run lilo!)
# shutdown -r now

if you can boot safely great and don't use pcmcia then you are done,
congratulations!  if you use a pcmcia and especially if you use a pcmcia
card for your main network connectivity then you need to build the pcmcia 
stuff to match your kernel

# cd /usr/src
# tar zxvf pcmcia-cs.tar.gz
# make-kpkg --revision=2:hostname.1.0 modules

# mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd-2.4.8 /lib/modules/2.4.8/

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http://194.241.248.126/Prism2/

download Prism2-2001-07-11.tar.gz and read instructions.



tar zxvf /tmp/Prism2-2001-07-11/prism2-0.0.0.tar.gz -C 
/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs

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