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-The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ -
Chapter 9 - Debian and the kernel -

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9.1 Can I install and compile a kernel without some Debian-specific tweaking?

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-Yes. -

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-There's only one common catch: the Debian C libraries are built with the most -recent stable releases of the kernel 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 (libc6-dev), or use the new headers from an unpacked -tree of the newer kernel. That is, if the kernel sources are in -/usr/src/linux, then you should add --I/usr/src/linux/include/ to your command line when compiling. -

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9.2 What tools does Debian provide to build custom kernels?

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-Users who wish to (or must) build a custom kernel are encouraged to download -the package kernel-package. This package contains the script to -build the kernel package, and provides the capability to create a Debian -kernel-image-version package just by running the -command -

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-in the top-level kernel source directory. Help is available by executing the -command -

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-and through the manual page make-kpkg(1). -

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-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 -version stands for the kernel version). -

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-Detailed instructions for using the kernel-package package are -given in the file /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz. -Briefly, one should: -

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9.3 How can I make a custom boot floppy?

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-This task is greatly aided by the Debian package boot-floppies, -normally found in the admin section of the Debian FTP archive. -Shell scripts in this package produce boot floppies in the -SYSLINUX format. These are MS-DOS 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. -

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-You will find more information about this in the -/usr/share/doc/boot-floppies/README file after installing the -boot-floppies package. -

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9.4 What special provisions does Debian provide to deal with modules?

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-Debian's modconf package provides a shell script -(/usr/sbin/modconf) 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 -/etc/modules.conf (which lists aliases, and other arguments that -must be used in conjunction with various modules) through files in -/etc/modutils/, and /etc/modules (which lists the -modules that must be loaded at boot time). -

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-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 /usr/lib/modules_help/) -which provide detailed information on appropriate arguments for each of the -modules. -

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9.5 Can I safely de-install an old kernel package, and if so, how?

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-Yes. The kernel-image-NNN.prerm 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: -

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