Recompiling The Kernel

golan69 · 07-09-2005, 01:57 PM

Hello I Am Running Mandrake on an apple powerbook g3
basicly i was wondering where the kernel directory in mandrake is so i can recompile my kernel also i have had little experience with mandrake so could someone please give me the basic rund down and commands to type to be able to recompile the kernel Thanks

golan69 · 07-09-2005, 02:20 PM

does anyone know where these are located at all or are we all just lost in space on this one?

cddesjar · 07-10-2005, 04:40 PM

Most likely... /usr/src/linux --that's where it is on my box
Do a google search for how to configure the kernel, there are tons of websites out there.
http://www.amigau.com/amigarealm/lin...re-kernel.html
http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/how...elconfig.shtml
Check these sites out especially the second link. I prefer make menuconfig.
In general what you'll do it...
1. cd /usr/src/linux
2. make mrproper
3. make menuconfig
4. make dep
5. make clean
6. make bzImage
7. make install
8. make modules_install

There is more but that's all i remember right now. Just google it and you'll find an answer out there

Noth · 07-10-2005, 05:02 PM

You probably need to install a kernel-source package to get the full source installed. Personally, I would recommend against recompiling your kernel unless you have a very good reason to do so, most distributions setup everything as modules so there's no reason to change anything.

golan69 · 07-13-2005, 06:06 PM

yes i have to recompile because its recognising something in the start up and assuming its as 33mhz + its got something about a ibm and viao laptop but its a mac lol

Noth · 07-13-2005, 08:29 PM

The IBM and Vaio things are probably just hotplug attempting to load every ACPI related thing it can find, I doubt it's causing any problems. And the 33Mhz is probably for the IDE or PCI bus.