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-<h1>
-The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
-<br>Chapter 9 - Debian and the kernel
-</h1>
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-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-non-debian-kernel"></a>9.1 Can I install and compile a kernel without some Debian-specific tweaking?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Yes.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-There's only one common catch: the Debian C libraries are built with the most
-recent <em>stable</em> releases of the <strong>kernel</strong> headers. If you
-happen to need to compile a program with kernel headers newer than the ones
-from the stable branch, then you should either upgrade the package containing
-the headers (<code>libc6-dev</code>), or use the new headers from an unpacked
-tree of the newer kernel. That is, if the kernel sources are in
-<code>/usr/src/linux</code>, then you should add
-<samp>-I/usr/src/linux/include/</samp> to your command line when compiling.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-customkernel"></a>9.2 What tools does Debian provide to build custom kernels?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Users who wish to (or must) build a custom kernel are encouraged to download
-the package <code>kernel-package</code>. This package contains the script to
-build the kernel package, and provides the capability to create a Debian
-kernel-image package just by running the command
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- make-kpkg kernel_image
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-in the top-level kernel source directory. Help is available by executing the
-command
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- make-kpkg --help
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-and through the manual page <code>make-kpkg(1)</code>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Users must separately download the source code for the most recent kernel (or
-the kernel of their choice) from their favorite Linux archive site, unless a
-kernel-source-version package is available (where &quot;version&quot; stands
-for the kernel version).
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Detailed instructions for using the <code>kernel-package</code> package are
-given in the file <code>/usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz</code>.
-Briefly, one should:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Unpack the kernel sources, and <samp>cd</samp> to the newly created directory.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Modify the kernel configuration using one of these commands:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-<samp>make config</samp> (for a tty one-line-at-a-time-interface).
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-<samp>make menuconfig</samp> (for an ncurses-based menu driven interface).
-Note that to use this option, the <code>libncurses5-dev</code> package must be
-installed.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-<samp>make xconfig</samp> (for an X11 interface). Using this option requires
-that relevant X and Tcl/Tk packages be installed.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>
-Any of the above steps generates a new <samp>.config</samp> in the top-level
-kernel source directory.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Execute the command: <samp>make-kpkg -rev Custom.N kernel_image</samp>, where N
-is a revision number assigned by the user. The new Debian archive thus formed
-would have revision Custom.1, e.g.,
-<samp>kernel-image-2.2.14_Custom.1_i386.deb</samp> for the Linux kernel 2.2.14
-on i386.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Install the package created.
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-<samp>Run dpkg --install /usr/src/kernel-image-VVV_Custom.N.deb</samp> to
-install the kernel itself. The installation script will:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-run the boot loader (grub, LILO or some other) if needed,
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-install the custom kernel in /boot/vmlinuz_VVV-Custom.N, and set up appropriate
-symbolic links to the most recent kernel version.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-prompt the user to make a boot floppy. This boot floppy will contain the raw
-kernel only. See <a href="#s-custombootdisk">How can I make a custom boot
-floppy?, Section 9.3</a>.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-To employ secondary boot loaders such as <samp>loadlin</samp>, copy this image
-to other locations (e.g. to an <samp>MS-DOS</samp> partition).
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-</li>
-</ul>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-custombootdisk"></a>9.3 How can I make a custom boot floppy?</h2>
-
-<p>
-This task is greatly aided by the Debian package <code>boot-floppies</code>,
-normally found in the <samp>admin</samp> section of the Debian FTP archive.
-Shell scripts in this package produce boot floppies in the
-<samp>SYSLINUX</samp> format. These are <samp>MS-DOS</samp> formatted floppies
-whose master boot records have been altered so that they boot Linux directly
-(or whatever other operating system has been defined in the syslinux.cfg file
-on the floppy). Other scripts in this package produce emergency root disks and
-can even reproduce the base disks.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-You will find more information about this in the
-<samp>/usr/share/doc/boot-floppies/README</samp> file after installing the
-<code>boot-floppies</code> package.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-modules"></a>9.4 What special provisions does Debian provide to deal with modules?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Debian's <code>modconf</code> package provides a shell script
-(<samp>/usr/sbin/modconf</samp>) which can be used to customize the
-configuration of modules. This script presents a menu-based interface,
-prompting the user for particulars on the loadable device drivers in his
-system. The responses are used to customize the file
-<samp>/etc/modules.conf</samp> (which lists aliases, and other arguments that
-must be used in conjunction with various modules) through files in
-<samp>/etc/modutils/</samp>, and <samp>/etc/modules</samp> (which lists the
-modules that must be loaded at boot time).
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Like the (new) Configure.help files that are now available to support the
-construction of custom kernels, the modconf package comes with a series of help
-files (in <samp>/usr/lib/modules_help/</samp>) which provide detailed
-information on appropriate arguments for each of the modules.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-removeoldkernel"></a>9.5 Can I safely de-install an old kernel package, and if so, how?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Yes. The <samp>kernel-image-NNN.prerm</samp> script checks to see whether the
-kernel you are currently running is the same as the kernel you are trying to
-de-install. Therefore you can remove unwanted kernel image packages using this
-command:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- dpkg --purge --force-remove-essential kernel-image-NNN
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-(replace &quot;NNN&quot; with your kernel version and revision number, of
-course)
-</p>
-
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-The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
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