Re: [vox-tech] compiling kernel's in debian?

[Mytho X <mythMAPSo_x@pacbell.net>]

Well I am looking at the compiling a new kernel section 8.5) of 
Installing Debian and it looks like a am not doing it the debian way.  I 
will write back with more info if I cannot get it to work the debian 
way.  I am still fairly new to debian, but not for long :)

Stephen

Mytho X wrote:

> Is there anything special I should know about to compile a kernel in 
> debian?  I am having some trouble with it.
> 
> I used dselect to download the kernel (kernel-2.2.18pre21).
> Then bzcat kernel-2.2.18pre21 | tar xvf -
> and then ln -s kernel-2.2.18pre21 linux
> 
> I backed up my old files and tried to do a make menuconfig and it errors 
> out, I then tried a make xconfig and that errors out.  So I did a make 
> config and that worked.
> 
> Did the make dep , clean , bzImage and now I can not find bzImage anywhere.
> 
> Stephen