Kernel recompile in Debian?

[Sawdusty]

Howdy,

For the record, I searched google, I searched debian.org, and I searched the LNO forums. If I missed an answer it's because I didn't pay any attention to the results. :D

I've got Debian Woody just installed. Everything's awesome. But I'd like to upgrade to the 2.4.19 kernel, because it has some stuff to access my IDE drives better. (I started with that 2.4.18-bsomethingorother stock Deb kernel) After that I'm going to want to install alsa 0.9.whatever's latest and the NVidia drivers.

But, to start with the kernel. What's the "proper" way to update the kernel in Debian? I've seen this make-dpkg reference; what's it require and what's it do? Or am I supposed to apt-get it; if I do that I can't configure the parameters, right? Do I apt-get the source?

I've recompiled my kernel several times the "normal" (or "old-fashioned") way, and it's not a big deal. Should I just do that, or will it interfere with the package management?

Thanks,

Dusty

[Hayl]

attached are the instructions that i use to recompile my kernel using debian

[Sawdusty]

Thanks, that's almost exactly what I needed.

except that I can't apt-get the kernel 2.4.19 in the first step. augh.

Does that get the same source that I'd get if I downloaded the 2.4.19 or else patched 2.4.18 to 2.4.19? Can I just do the next set of steps but start with a regular bz2ball?

Thanks again,

Dusty

[Sawdusty]

I'm attemting to semi follow these instructions using standard 2.4.19 (patched from 2.4.18). I'm a little confused at this step though:

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Create the Kernel (and Module if desired) packages
make-kpkg �revision=hostname.1.0 kernel_image
make-kpkg �revision=hostname.1.0 modules_image