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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-04-14 22:03:03 +0000
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<title>Installing a kernel</title>
<para>
-A kernel is the heart of a Linux system. We could use the kernel image
-from our normal system, but we might as well compile a new kernel from
-the most recent kernel sources available.
-</para>
-
-<para>
Building the kernel involves a few steps: configuring it and compiling
-it. There are a few ways to configure the kernel. If a user doesn't like the
-way this book does it, he should read the <filename>README</filename>
-file and find out
-what the other options are. The following commands are run to build the
-kernel:
+it. There are a few ways to configure the kernel. If you don't like the
+way this book does it, read the <filename>README</filename> that comes
+with the kernel source tree, and find out what the options are. The
+following commands are run to build the kernel:
</para>
<blockquote><literallayout>