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<sect1 id="ch08-kernel">
<title>Installing a kernel</title>
<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> that comes
with the kernel source tree, and find out what the options are. The
following commands are run 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>
<para>
Note: the arch/i386/boot/bzImage path may vary on different platforms.
</para>
</sect1>