[NTLUG:Discuss] custom kernel compilation...........

[Randall Gibson]

All you should have to do to make a boot disk for a computer is change from 'make bklilo' to 'make bzdisk' if you just want to compile the kernel on one machine, then put it on another that is already running, just copy the compressed image to floppy, then to other machine. 

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html

As a note, I have only made boot disks for the same computer, not for others. I am sure it would require some editing of something on the disk if the HD setup changes from one to another.....

On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:28:43 clyde swann wrote:
> could someone please point me to documentation or describe how to build a 
> custom kernel on one pc to be run on another pc with a different processors 
> (ie...486 vs pentium).  i realize i would need to start with a processor 
> higher or equal to the machine the kernel is being built for.  i suspect the 
> kernel needs to be monolithic also.  the problem i had when building the 
> kernel on my pentium for my 486.... the kernel appears to be running fine on 
> the 486.  i have not found the best way to turn off the checks for modules 
> loading at boot time, which causes me to get emails about the qm-module not 
> being loaded or something.  in lilo i did specify "nomodules". i'm thinking 
> about commenting out the modules loading section in the sysinit file.  is 
> this correct?  the bigger issue is that my pentium, which built the kernel 
> for the 486 will not boot now, stalls when kernel is loading.  i'll just 
> reinstall the software to correct that.  been wanting to reinstal anyway.  
> just need all the pointers i can get for this issue for the future.  thanks!
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