Re: Help: compiling new kernel

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From: gerald clark
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 00:00

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Meryl Tseng wrote:
> 
> I am running RH5 2.0.32.  I downloaded 2.0.33 and ran make
> xconfig/dep/clean/install.
> 
> The first time the new kernel did not take hold because my lilo was
> pointing to /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.32; I changed this to vmlinuz which is
> actually a sym link to vmlinuz-2.0.33.  I rebooted the computer a second
> time and the kernel took.  However, I lost my mouse and ppa Zip drive.
> 
> I thought I could revert to my original kernel by reassigning the sym
> link, but the mouse and Zip were still offline.
> 
> I followed the instructions in the README (make the three sym links and
> compile the kernel).  If anyone has done this successfully, please tell
> me how you did it.  Also, is there any way to keep the settings from my
> old kernel?
> 
> Joe Tseng
> joe_tseng@hotmail.com
Did you include the proper mouse and zip drive support in xconfig?
If you included them as modules:
make modules
make modules_install
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