[dundee] Linux Gaming

[chris wyllie]

Cool stuff, many thanks =)

Hope your LFS goes well *thumbs up*

On 02/04/07, Nistur Effee <nistur at karate.com> wrote:
>
> Ok, as Dreamisdead said, it's easiest typing "make install" and then it'll
> do everything for you BUT there is a slight problem. Assuming you haven't
> got everything quite peachy, for example you compile incorrect SATA drivers
> *cough* and you do "make install", ok it will back up your old kernel and
> for all intents and purposes it's still there. But I'm pretty sure it
> doesn't change your grub menu.lst so it's not referenced when you boot.
> Unless you already know what's going on and something *does* go wrong, you
> have to modify grub at boot. Not really that hard, but you need to know what
> you're typing.
> Personally whereas this is the easy way out in a way, I still recommend
> copying the 3 files over manually: (assuming you're in the root of the
> kernel source)
> ./arch/x86/boot/bzImage -> /boot/linux-2.6.whatever
> ./.config  -> /boot/config-2.6.whatever
> ./System.map  -> /boot/System.map-2.6.whatever
>
> then fire up your favourite text editor and open up your
> /etc/grub/menu.lst and you should see a section that looks like this:
>
> title  Arch Linux
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/linux-2.6.20-r3 root=/dev/hda1
>
> ok, there may be some differences, but I'm sure you'll find what I mean.
> OK, rename the title to "mylinux BACKUP" or something everything else in
> that section... DON'T TOUCH
> If it all goes pear shaped that kernel should still boot and you should
> have things back to how they were (except for things like graphics card
> drivers, which are a bitch...)
>
> Now make a new section, above that one, copying the layout, it's possible
> that a premade kernel has, I think it's a .img or something there too, but
> what you need is something along the lines of this:
>
> title call me whatever you want
> root (hd0,0)  --- copy this EXACTLY from the other section
> kernel /boot/linux-2.6.whatever root=/dev/hda1
>
> Obviously, change the kernel name to what you saved it as, and the two
> root options to what suits your system. These shouldn't have changed from
> the last kernel though. When you're all done, reboot and check out your
> fancy new options in GRUB.
> Next step: Pray you've compiled the correct things
>
> I hope that's made it a little clearer. As I said, it's possible to use
> make install like DreamisDead suggested, however I don't think it changes
> grub.conf at all. so you have to change the kernel line from within grub
> manually.
>
> Anyway, I think I'm going to try starting LFS on my laptop again *smile*
>
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