Re: [tlug] Argh ... no luck installing XFS ... help

[Michael Doughty <Doughty_Michael@example.com>]

> >make menuconfig
> 
> At the end of this step I save my config file so as to not overwrite the 
> original. Is the anyway to tell the next step to use a different config file 
> than the default .config?

Hrm.  Good question, I don't think so.  But the easy / logical solution
would be to move .config to config.bak and copy your new config file to 
.config
 
> >make modules
> >make modules_install
> 
> The Kernel How-to has an extra stp here, why? Is is necessary?
> 
> * make modules
> * make install
> * make modules_install

Because, he does not know your system layout and is suggesting that you
do the make install part by hand.  This is the copying of files to your
/boot partition, editing lilo.conf and running lilo.  The make install 
command copies the files over and changes /vmlinuz and /vmlinuz.old to
point to the new and previous kernel respectively.  I personally prefer
to do this by hand, as it can automatically overwrite your one working
kernel pretty easily.  Basically, for right now, stick with his approach
until you understand all the caveats for the 'make install' approach.

Michael