[plug] Kernel compile

[J Michael Gilks]

OK, that's great. Thanks a lot. Now I just have to get up the courage to try 
it all out.
Love
Mike.
On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 12:00 am, J Michael Gilks wrote:
> I have just compiled my first kernel, and as always there is a hitch.
> The kernel is 2.4.19-24mdkcustom which is Mandrakes latest offering.
> The problem is that I installed the RPM for the kernel which installed
> nicely and seems to work. This put a System.map file in /boot.
> I compiled a new kernel from the source, did make dep, make clean make
> bzImage, make modules, make modules_install.
> All going swimmingly until I come to install the new image. When I try
> cp System.map /boot
> I am asked if I want to overwrite System.map.
> This is where I bailed.
> My question is, will overwriting System .map lose the 2.4.19-24 kernel I
> already have? If this will happen, what can I do to keep both versions?
>
> Further questions I probably should have asked before starting are
> 1: After running depmod -a, will old dependencies be wiped out if not
> needed for the new kernel?
> 2: How do you uninstall a kernel?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> Love
> Mike.