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-rw-r--r--chapter08/kernel-inst.xml14
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 7a8f8c284..4e9972344 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
+<listitem><para>January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 8 - Installation of the
+kernel: Added command to keep a copy of the kernel .config
+file.</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Moved log file creation from Shadow
to "Creating the passwd and group files" and renamed that section accordingly.
Closes 741.</para></listitem>
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>