The kernel source has this nice feature for the Makefile .
Presents me "modules" .
also
modules_install - Install all modules to INSTALL_MOD_PATH (default: /)
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make could have the DESTDIR environment variable, too.
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Do run a nearly "plain" sarge or an mostly upgraded one ?
Had sarge once on PIII 800MHz, 128MB RAM. Cannot remember kernel version.
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