Debian kernel Compilation

Debian compilation kernel-Linux Release Technology-Debian information. The following is a detailed description. Learning references

1. download the latest kernel from the official website.
Wget-c http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/... ux-2.6.20.6.tar.bz2

2. Update the software package Database
Aptitude update

3. install necessary packages
Aptitude install kernel-package libncurses5-dev fakeroot
Aptitude install bzip2 build-essential udev

4. Put the kernel under/usr/src and decompress it.
Cp yourkernelPATH/linux-2.6.20.6.tar.bz2/usr/src
Cd/usr/src
Tar jxvf linux-2.6.20.6.tar.bz2

5. linux-2.6.20.6 folder
Cd linux-2.6.20.6

6. Configure The Kernel
Make clean & make mrproper
To save trouble, copy and use the previous config File
Cp/boot/config-'uname-R'. config

7. Configure the kernel
Make menuconfig
If the specific configuration has time, follow the steps below:
Http://lamp.linux.gov.cn/Linux/kernel_options.html

8. Build The Kernel
Make-kpkg clean
Fakeroot make deb-pkg
This process is very long, depending on the speed and character of your machine.
Files that will generate linux-2.6.20.6_2.6.20.6_i386.deb under/usr/src

9. Install The New Kernel
Dpkg-I linux-2.6.20.6_2.6.20.6_i386.deb

10. Create A Ramdisk
Install several necessary packages first
Aptitude install libhtml-template-perl libparse-recdescent-perl
Aptitude install yaird

Create our ramdisk:
Mkinitrd. yaird-o/boot/initrd. img-2.6.20.6 2.6.20.6

11. Configure The GRUB Boot Loader
Update-grub
(If this command does not exist, reinstall grub: aptitude install grub and then update-grub)

12. Restart
Reboot

13. Check
Uname-r