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From: Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 00:31:17 +0000
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+<sect1 id="ch08-kernel">
+<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 you don't like the
+way this book does it, read the <filename>README</filename> file and find out
+what your other options are. Run the following commands to build the
+kernel:
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><literallayout>
+
+	<userinput>cd /usr/src/linux &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+	<userinput>make mrproper &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+	<userinput>make menuconfig &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+	<userinput>make dep &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+	<userinput>make bzImage &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+	<userinput>make modules &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+	<userinput>make modules_install &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+	<userinput>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel &amp;&amp;
+		</userinput>
+	<userinput>cp System.map /boot</userinput>
+
+</literallayout></blockquote>
+
+</sect1>
+
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