Changeset e4d88a56

Timestamp:

01/14/2004 04:12:04 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Greg Schafer <greg@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, v5_1, v5_1_1, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

bfa54edc

Parents:

b6f86141

Message:

Added command to keep a copy of the kernel .config file. Suggested by Daniel Baumann.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3167 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• chapter01/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter08/kernel-inst.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -50 +50 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 8 - Installation of the
+kernel: Added command to keep a copy of the kernel .config
+file.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Moved log file creation from Shadow

chapter08/kernel-inst.xml

@@ -72 +72 @@
 <screen><userinput>cp -a Documentation/man /usr/share/man/man9</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>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 <filename>/boot</filename>
+<para>Kernel compilation has finished but more steps are required to complete
+the installation. Some files need to be copied to the <filename>/boot</filename>
 directory.</para>
 
-<para>The path to the kernel file may vary depending on the platform
+<para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform
 you're using. Issue the following command to install the kernel:</para>
 
@@ -89 +88 @@
 <screen><userinput>cp System.map /boot</userinput></screen>
 
+<para><filename>.config</filename> is the kernel configuration file that was
+produced by the <userinput>make menuconfig</userinput> 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:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>cp .config /boot/config-lfskernel</userinput></screen>
+
 </sect2>