7. Installation of Linux 2.6.0-test1
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7.1 Source
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* Linux-Kernel 2.6.0-test1
   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.0-test1.tar.bz2


7.2 Extracting
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# cd /usr/src/

* Remove existing links
# rm linux
# rm linux-2.4

* Copy the file into the directory /usr/src/
# cp /tmp/linux-2.6.0-test1.tar.bz2 .

* Test the file
# tar -tjf linux-2.6.0-test1.tar.bz2

* Extract the file
# tar -xjf linux-2.6.0-test1.tar.bz2

* Change owner
# chown -R root:root linux-2.6.0-test1/

7.3 Kernel Configuration
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# cd /usr/src/linux/
# make menuconfig
* Configure the Kernel

# cp .config my_config
# make mrproper
# cp my_config .config
# make oldconfig
# make dep
# make

7.4 Kernel Installation
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* Create a kernel image
# make bzImage

* Copy the image into the boot partition
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test1

* Make and install kernel modules
# make modules modules_install

7.5 LILO Configuration
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* Add an entry for linux:
# vi /etc/lilo.conf
+ image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test1
+	label=new
+	read-only
+	root=/dev/hda2

* Update changes
# lilo

7.6 Reboot
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# lilo -R new
# reboot

7.7 Problems
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* There are problems with nic drivers which are compiled as modules. It only works
  if they are statically linked.
* I had a problem with the display output: After lilo loaded the kernel it did not
  print anything.