Adapted from the Xandros Forums Compiling Xandros Kernel

Also useful overview and Kernel Build HOWTO.

Xandros 4.0

# Install kernel source package
cd /usr/src
tar -xjf dcc-kernel-source-2.6.15.tar.bz2
cp /boot/config-2.6.15-dcc-uni /usr/src/linux/.config
cd linux
make oldconfig EXTRAVERSION=-dcc-uni
make prepare EXTRAVERSOION=-dcc-uni
make scripts EXTRAVERSION=-dcc-uni

Make any changes, apply patches, new kernel modules, etc.

Use 'make menuconfig' or 'make xconfig' to customize the kernel.

Finish up

make bzImage
make install
make modules
make modules_install

/sbin/mkinitrd

Xandros 3.x

Single CPU Systems

cd /usr/src
tar xjf xandros-kernel-source-2.6.9.tar.bz2
ln -sf xandros-kernel-source-2.6.9 linux
cd linux
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1 mrproper
cp /boot/config-2.6.9-x1 .config
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1 oldconfig
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1 prepare-all

Multiple CPU Systems

cd /usr/src
tar xjf xandros-kernel-source-2.6.9.tar.bz2
ln -sf xandros-kernel-source-2.6.9 linux
cd linux
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1-smp mrproper
cp /boot/config-2.4.19-x1 .config
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1-smp oldconfig
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1-smp prepare-all

Make any changes, apply patches, new kernel modules, etc.

Use 'make menuconfig' or 'make xconfig' to customize the kernel.

Finish up

make bzImage
make install
make modules
make modules_install

/sbin/mkinitrd
/sbin/fooze

Xandros 2.x

Single CPU Systems

cd /usr/src
tar xjf xandros-kernel-source-2.4.19.tar.bz2
ln -sf xandros-kernel-source-2.4.19 linux
cd linux
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1 mrproper
cp /boot/config-2.4.19-x1 .config
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1 oldconfig
make dep

Multiple CPU Systems

cd /usr/src
tar xjf xandros-kernel-source-2.4.19.tar.bz2
ln -sf xandros-kernel-source-2.4.19 linux
cd linux
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1-smp mrproper
cp /boot/config-2.4.19-x1 .config
make EXTRAVERSION=-x1-smp oldconfig
EXTRAVERSION=-x1-smp make dep

Make any changes, apply patches, etc.

Use 'make menuconfig' or 'make xconfig' to customize the kernel.

Finish up

make bzImage
make install
make modules
make modules_install

/sbin/mkinitrd
/sbin/fooze

And from Jammy's Unofficial Xandros HowTo site: http://xandros.jammys.net/

See http://xandros.jammys.net/kernel-recompile.txt

Steps to compile your kernel

• If you have an nVidia card go to debian.org and download nVidia driver from testing
• Install kernel-package from debian woody and wget
• make sure you have installed the xandros kernel source
• go to where extracted the xandros kernel and edit
• Makefile: add '-x1' to 'EXTRAVERSION = '
• should look like this
• EXTRAVERSION = -x1
• save the file

/usr/src# ln -sf xandros-kernel-source-2.4.19 linux
/usr/src# cd linux
/usr/src# make mrproper
/usr/src/linux# cp /boot/config-2.4.19-x1 .config

• 'make xconfig' to make any changes to kernel you want.
• I suggest making the reiser module compiled in to the kernel.
• Save your changes.
• run make-kpkg kernel-image
• For nVidia driver run 'make-kpkg modules-image' after 'make-kpkg kernel-image' has finished.
• go to 'lib/modules' and rename 2.4.19-x1 to something else for backup
• go to '/usr/src' and run 'dpkg -i kernel*.deb' to install your kernel
• 'dpkg -i nvidia-kernel*.deb' to install your nVidia driver
• Ignore the warnings for your installing kernel it will work, at least it did for me.

After it is installed reboot.

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