How to compile kernel 2.6.6?

karfei00 · 06-07-2004, 04:40 AM

i noticed that the compiling method on kernel 2.6.6 is totally different with how we compile old kernels.......

old version:

cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
cp /usr/Linux/src/arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/newkernel
make modules_install

i have triend to apply steps above on kernel 2.6.6, but when i came to "make dep"....console showed a statement " make dep is unecessary now" ...any ideas? thanks a lot

andrewlkho · 06-07-2004, 04:45 AM

Um... well, as it says, make dep is now unnecessary, so procede with make clean...

minibootsy · 06-07-2004, 04:55 AM

root@shadowx-linux:/usr/src/linux# make bzimage
make: *** No rule to make target `bzimage'. Stop.

how do i fix this? :S im trying to get the 2.6.6 kernel going but no luck. it all works up untill there.

Hammett · 06-07-2004, 05:01 AM

put make bzImage (note capital i)

karfei00 · 06-07-2004, 05:10 AM

after make menuconfig......i type make....and it runs (successfully i guest) , .......after that what command should i type to proceed? thx

Hammett · 06-07-2004, 06:01 AM

What i do is follow the same procedure as if it was a 2.4 kernel
1.- make bzImage
2.- make modules
3.- make modules_install
4.- make install

I have recompiled the kernel this way several times (2.6.6) and always worked.

whansard · 06-07-2004, 06:11 AM

there's a bunch of new options in that README file in the top directory of the 2.6 source

minibootsy · 06-07-2004, 06:13 AM

DOH! check the sig

thanks dude

linux is hard

oh well, at least now that i should be able to get into my sata hdd's it will be more practable to say in linux, rebooting to get a html file or the like is kinda dumb...

hopefuly things will go well and i will only have to re-work the kernel once or twice

btw, do i need to make an initrd image for my promise sata controler? i dont think i do but then some people said it comes under scsi and some people said it didnt