lfs-book/chapter08/kernel.xml

<sect1 id="ch08-kernel">
<title>Installing a kernel</title>

<screen>Estimated build time:           &kernel-time;
Estimated required disk space:  &kernel-compsize;</screen>

<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>

<para><screen><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></screen></para>

<para>Note: the arch/i386/boot/bzImage path may vary on 
different platforms.</para>

</sect1>