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I've been using linux for about 12 months now. However, I've never ever compiled a kernel. Everywhere I read it says it's easy but I've never had the guts to go for it.
I would like to start out with the existing 2.6.19-ARCH kernel and look at it to understand it before I make any changes.
Is there any way I can do that without hosing my existing Arch install (which I've invested a lot of time getting right)?
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in your kernel sources edit .config and change this line
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-ARCH"
to something custom
your kernel will not overwrite default one, so if it fails to boot, you are safe.
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Just rembember to change the filename of the kernel file as well; you must call it something else than kernel26, which is the stock kernel.
If you'll use a PKGBUILD to make a custom kernel package, you must change it there, and if you do it 'manually', you copy the arch/i386/boot/bzImage to something like /boot/kernel26-mykernel and set up a new image for this in grup/lilo, without, of course, removing the image entry for the kernel26.
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Take the dive...I happen to prefer the /usr/src route.
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