Should be simple, but I've been working on it for a week

[Rick Stevens]

On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 11:35 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 19:27 -0700, Craig Cameron wrote:
> > Hi, I installed FC4 text interface on a P3 667 that I intend to
> > replace my current router.  I would like to recompile the kernel, but
> > there's just one small problem:
> >  
> > I have no:
> > menuconfig
> > mrproper
> >  
> > or any of the compilation tools/scripts.  I installed the kernel
> > source RPM, but stilll don't have them.
> >  
> > Can anyone please tell me if I forgot to install something, or what
> > I'm doing wrong.
> 
> No, you've not done anything wrong, but the "kernel-devel RPM" for
> FC4 only includes the kernel headers and such...it does NOT include the
> kernel source code.
> 
> Here's what you have to do.
> 
> 1. Go to one of the mirror sites and download the kernel source RPM.
> For example, for the currently released kernel, you can enter this into
> your browser:
> 
> ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/updates/4/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.src.rpm
> 
> Save the file somewhere.
> 
> 2. Install the source rpm:
> 
> 	# cd /dir/where/you/saved/the/.src.rpm
> 	# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.src.rpm
> 
> 3. Do the preliminary build:
> 
> 	# cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
> 	# rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 kernel-2.6.spec
> 
> This does the preliminary build of the kernel source tree and creates
> what used to be distributed as the "kernel-source RPM".
> 
> 4. Move the kernel source into the normal build tree:
> 
> 	# cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.14
> 	# mv linux-2.6.14 /usr/src/linux-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4
> 	# cd /usr/src
> 	# rm -f linux;ln -s linux-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 linux
> 	# rm -f linux-2.6;ln -s linux-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 linux-2.6
> 
> 5. You can now configure the kernel normally:
> 
> 	# cd /usr/src/linux
> 	# make xconfig   -OR-   # make menuconfig
> 
> 6. You probably want to edit the Makefile so the "EXTRAVERSION="
> stuff matches the kernel you're trying to build.
> 
> 7. Build the kernel.
> 
> NOTE: To build a 2.6 kernel, you do NOT need the "make clean;make
> mrproper;make dep;make;make modules" stuff any more.  Just do a
> "make bzImage;make modules;make module_install;make install"
> 
> Hope that helps.

I should have also noted that this should all be done as ROOT.

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