XP/ FC1 on inspiron 5150

[Pierre De Boeck]

Ok, thanks a lot for the clear explainations.

And can I suppose that this procedure is general whatever
the driver I install?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeff [mailto:moe at blagblagblag.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:00 PM
> To: Pierre De Boeck
> Subject: Re: XP/ FC1 on inspiron 5150
> 
> 
> Pierre De Boeck wrote:
> 
> brief answers...
> 
> > - is the 3 ISO FC1 cds are enough to recompile the kernel
> > or I need some extra packages. In other words, do these CDs
> > contain the kernel soures plus the gcc and all the related
> > stuff.
> 
> Yes, kernel-source is on the 3 CD set. You don't need to 
> download anything else.
> 
> > - what is the general step-by-step procedure to recompile
> > a kernel.
> 
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make xconfig
> make dep
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install (as root)
> cp -p /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.25
> cp -p System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.25
> vi /etc/grub.conf
> reboot
>