[1189] in RedHat Linux List
Re[2]: A no MODULE compile ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (W.D.McKinney)
Sat Oct 26 22:50:18 1996
From: "W.D.McKinney" <deem@deesign.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 18:43:21 -0800 (AKDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199610270232.WAA05999@sojurn.lns.pa.us>
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Mike Sangrey <mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us> wrote:
> > W. D. McKinney writes:
> > > Ok,
> > >
> > > I need to set up a RHCL 4.0 box with no modules.
> > > If we want use 2.0.21 kernel and just compile all needed
> > > services, what is best way to to take a RHCL 4.0 sys
> > > to this direction ?
> > >
> > >
> > > 1. Blow away cd /usr/src/linux /usr/src/redhat /usr/src/linux-2.0.18 ?
> > > 2. Just drop a new kernel source in /usr/src/ ?
> > > 3. make config, make dep; make clean; make zImage (Of course, no modules) ?
> > > 4. Does this take away module dependent searches ?
> > >
> > > Appreciate some input here.
> > >
> > In short YES, however I wouldn't get rid of the kernel you have
> > wherever i.e. /boot, but I'd just add it to your lilo.conf and
> > re-run lilo after you have compiled. This will give you a backup
> > kernel to boot from.
> >
> > Hope this helps, if you need more info e-mail me directly.
>
> I like to cp /vmlinuz to /vmlinuz.orig.
> And then I put these entries on my lilo.conf:
>
> #
> # default entry
> #
>
> image = /vmlinuz
> label = linux
> root = /dev/sda3
> read-only
>
> image = /vmlinuz.old
> label = linux.old
> root = /dev/sda3
> read-only
>
> image = /vmlinuz.orig
> label = linux.orig
> root = /dev/sda3
> read-only
>
> Then I do a make zlilo, which makes a new kernel and copies /vmlinuz to
> /vmlinuz.old and puts the new kernel at /vmlinuz. I always have /vmlinuz.orig
> to fall back on.
>
Thanks,
I was wondering more about module depends in the bootup process.
Just compiling a new source is enough to not use modules under 4.0 ?
-Dee
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