After having spent a lot of time configuring and compiling the kernel, you can now start the process of installing the kernel to the local system.
Before starting with the installation of the kernel, make sure you back up all your important data on the system. Also make a copy of /boot/
onto external, storage which is formatted in the FAT32 filesystem. This will help repair the system if the installation process fails for any reason.
Once the kernel is compiled, you can start following the commands here to proceed with installing the kernel:
- Install the drivers by running the command, if activated as modules. The command will copy the modules to a sub-directory of
/lib/modules
:
- Now run the following command to install the actual kernel:
make install
The preceding command will show the following output:
This command executes /sbin/installkernel
. The new kernel will be installed into /boot/vmlinuz-{version}
. If a symbolic link already...