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Sep
08

HOWTO Compile MINIX kernel

HOWTO Compile MINIX kernel

1. Go to the MINIX source directory.

cd  /usr/src

2. Compile the kernel using make.

make clean

make install

This will recompile whole minix system.

3.    To compile kernel separately.

cd /usr/src/kernel

make clean

make

cd   /usr/src

make install

4.   then reboot the system.

5. You can find the newly compiled kernel in /boot/image.

# ls -l
total 904
-rw——- 1 root  operator  462336 May  3  2006 3.1.2a
-rw——- 1 root  operator  462336 Jan  6 11:30 3.1.2ar0


4 Responses to “HOWTO Compile MINIX kernel”


  1. October 20, 2008 at 5:41 am

    Thanks for your nice post. but you can make this article more comprehensive by putting some more information. because i think personally, the scenario is not so much clear to newbies…

    Thanks & Regards.
    ~Avijit

  2. 2 Dmitri
    February 9, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    Thanx Buddy…

    Straight to the point….

    short and sweet…

  3. 3 mike
    June 8, 2009 at 11:05 pm

    great post :D gonna try this now :D


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