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Kernel Notes

Last week I bought an external hard drive with 250 GB of additional space. Unfortunately, I needed a special module that I had not compiled into my kernel earlier. Today I thought I had some time to compile the module in.

  1. apt-cache | search kernel-source
  2. apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.8
  3. cd /usr/src
  4. tar xjf kernel-source-2.6.8*
  5. rm linux
  6. ln -s kernel-source-2.6.8 linux
  7. cd linux
  8. wget [compatible patch from bootsplash.de]
  9. patch -p1 < ./[patch].diff
  10. make xconfig

From bootsplash.org:
Go to “Console drivers” -> “Frame-Buffer support” and select “VESA VGA graphics console” (or possibly another framebuffer driver, if one is available for your graphics hardware) and turn on “Use splash screen instead of boot logo”. Also be sure to enable “Initial Ramdisk support” in “Block Devices”

  1. vi Makefile
  2. EXTRAVERSION = -yyyymmdd
  3. make-kpkg clean
  4. fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
  5. # take a tea/coke/tall late/whatever
  6. cd ..
  7. dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.8-yyyymmdd*
  8. apt-get install bootsplash bootsplash-theme-newlinux
  9. vi /etc/lilo.conf
  10. lilo
  11. apt-get install sysv-rc-bootsplash
  12. shutdown -r now

Status after the update:

  • External hard disk works.
  • As a surprise bootsplash does now work in silent mode, it worked only in verbose mode so far.
  • As a surprise my sound system doesn’t work anymore.

Perfect. I’m currently copying data to the new hard disk and around the new hard disk. You know why I prefer Linux over Windows? Well, if you move around files on Windows it will take you hours. If you move around files in Linux it will go instantly – unless you move it to a different hard disk. Now I ask you: Which approach do you prefer over the other?

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