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#1 2012-05-12 21:54:22
- Gazpacho
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- Registered: 2011-11-05
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Using a kernel compiled in other computer
Hi!,
I'm testing a custom kernel for an old laptop with Arch, and due to its slow processor I've decided to use a server with Ubuntu to compile it. After download the kernel sources and use a custom .config file, I've compiled the kernel but now I'm not sure how I can use this kernel with the Arch laptop's distro. It is possible to use this compiled kernel with a PKBUILD file to generate an Arch package?, Exist other way?
thanks!
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#2 2012-05-12 22:19:38
- Trilby
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Re: Using a kernel compiled in other computer
You could make a PKGBUILD which would be useful if you plan on updating this custom kernel by recompiling when there are kernel updates. This might make the process easier to repeat, but not by much.
As long as the kernel was compiled properly though, you could just copy it over to your boot partition, give it an entry in your boot loader (e.g. grub's menu.lst), and run mkinitcpio for it.
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
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