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 @@ +January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 8 - Installation of the +kernel: Added command to keep a copy of the kernel .config +file. + January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Moved log file creation from Shadow to "Creating the passwd and group files" and renamed that section accordingly. Closes 741. 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: cp -a Documentation/man /usr/share/man/man9 -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 /boot +Kernel compilation has finished but more steps are required to complete +the installation. Some files need to be copied to the /boot directory. -The path to the kernel file may vary depending on the platform +The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform you're using. Issue the following command to install the kernel: cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel @@ -88,4 +87,11 @@ kernel. Issue the following command to install the map file: cp System.map /boot +.config is the kernel configuration file that was +produced by the make menuconfig 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: + +cp .config /boot/config-lfskernel +