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| author | Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-01-14 04:12:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-01-14 04:12:04 +0000 |
| commit | e4d88a56ce9e4bdf863fad07ca01c64645fee387 (patch) | |
| tree | 2d5ae50d528496d23e6fc37bf1bc48b50953ffc5 /chapter08 | |
| parent | b6f86141768a23c5fbe288ea076d9df8878c23dc (diff) | |
Added command to keep a copy of the kernel .config file. Suggested by Daniel Baumann.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3167 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/kernel-inst.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml b/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml index 6ac155e5d..8b0620783 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml @@ -71,12 +71,11 @@ that come with the kernel:</para> <screen><userinput>cp -a Documentation/man /usr/share/man/man9</userinput></screen> -<para>Kernel compilation has finished, but some of the files created -still reside in the source tree. To complete the installation, two -files need to be copied to the <filename>/boot</filename> +<para>Kernel compilation has finished but more steps are required to complete +the installation. Some files need to be copied to the <filename>/boot</filename> directory.</para> -<para>The path to the kernel file may vary depending on the platform +<para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform you're using. Issue the following command to install the kernel:</para> <screen><userinput>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel</userinput></screen> @@ -88,4 +87,11 @@ kernel. Issue the following command to install the map file:</para> <screen><userinput>cp System.map /boot</userinput></screen> +<para><filename>.config</filename> is the kernel configuration file that was +produced by the <userinput>make menuconfig</userinput> step above. It contains +all the config selections for the kernel that was just compiled. It's a good +idea to keep this file for future reference:</para> + +<screen><userinput>cp .config /boot/config-lfskernel</userinput></screen> + </sect2> |