[Gllug] Compiling a Kernel

[Stig Brautaset]

* Harry Jackson <postituk at yahoo.com> spake thus:
> 
> --- Adam Bower <abower at thebowery.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 May 2002, Harry Jackson wrote:
> > 
> > > I have downloaded the source for 2.4.18 and was wondering if there
> > was
> > > an easy way to compile the kernel for the same modules as is
> > currently
> > > being used by my 2.4.16 kernel. I have only got the use of "make
> > > config" which is a very laborious process and make oldconfig is no
> > use
> > > as I do not have a config file from a working kernel install.
> > 
> > have a look in /boot and there may be a file called config-2.4.16 (or
> > similar) depending on how and where you got it from....
> 
> I copied the config file in boot for the 2.4.16-k7 kernel into the
> source directory
> 
> $> 2.4.18/.config
> 
> I then ran 
> make mrproper

Steady there.

make mrproper deletes the .config file. Copy the config file to .config
*after* make mrproper, then run make oldconfig.


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