recompile kernel

[Giulio Sorrentino]

adel.essafi wrote:

> Hi list
>
> I need help. It is the first time that I recompile the kernel.  I want 
> to make a new configuration to make my system (linux FC1) know the 
> NTFS fs. I have done make menuconfig and select NTFS (not as module 
> nut with the symbol (*)).
>
> Next I have done these steps
>
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>    11  make dep
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>    12  make clean
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>    14  make bzImage
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>    15  cd arch/i386/boot/
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>    17  cp bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-adel
>
>    18  cd /boot/
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> 19        mkinitrd /boot/initrd-adel.img vmlinuz-adel
>
>    23  cp /usr/src/linux-2.4/System.map /boot/System.map-adel
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>  
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>  
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> so I obtained this message
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>  
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> /lib/modules/vmlinuz-adel is not a directory.
>
>  
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> Note also the make modules have failed also!!!
>
> Please help
>
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Attention: you have done bzImage, but not the modules.
For a correct installation i suggest you the "make install" and not the 
manual copying...
However for install NTFS support you don't need to recompile the kernel: 
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm