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Posted: May 28 2004,21:20 QUOTE

hello, this doesnt concern dsl , but i have tried to compile linux kernel 2.6 using knoppix 3.4 live cd. the kerenl source code was in ramdisk yet it faild, i tried to compile kernel 2.2 and it also failed.

is it not possible to compile the kernel using live CD ?? i mean i dont want to install the kernel but just get the vmlinuz or zImage into ramdisk and then copy it to another storage device for later on use.


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Posted: May 29 2004,06:26 QUOTE

If the compiling process results in files that are written to the "read only" section of the file system, such as /usr/src, then compiling via livecd will fail.  You could attempt to create a writable file system, similar to the Synaptic Installation Script in DSL but unless you have a ton of memory you are almost guaranteed to run out of INODES because the Knoppix filesystem is much larger than the DSL file system.

Compiling the kernel will result in a bunch of new modules and configuration files that go beyond just the new vmlinuz kernal image file, so I doubt that just copying that one file over to another storage device will work properly unless your newly compiled kernel is the EXACT SAME VERSION as the already installed kernel.

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