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The kernel is the core of the operating system. It's primary functions are controlling execution of processes, handling memory management, providing a filesystem, and providing a portable interface through which programs may communicate with hardware. | The kernel is the core of the operating system. It's primary functions are controlling execution of processes, handling memory management, providing a filesystem, and providing a portable interface through which programs may communicate with hardware. | ||
− | A [[kernel image]] is a compiled and usually compressed | + | A [[kernel image]] is a compiled and usually compressed & self-extracting kernel (generally with the name of '''bzImage'''). In the linux distributions, it is copied from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/ to /boot . |
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+ | The uncompiled kernel source can be obtained from [http://www.kernel.org] in .tar.gz or tar.bze format . To compile the system one uses "make xconfig" in XWindows environment and later make dep; make clean; make bzImage; to compile the modules make modules make modules_install. | ||
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+ | The kernel image is booted changing [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/lilo Lilo]] /etc/lilo.conf : | ||
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+ | *image=/boot/X.X.XX | ||
+ | *label=KernelX.X.XX8 | ||
+ | *read-only | ||
+ | *alias=2 | ||
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+ | See also [[kernel panic]] |
Revision as of 03:42, 23 June 2007
The kernel is the core of the operating system. It's primary functions are controlling execution of processes, handling memory management, providing a filesystem, and providing a portable interface through which programs may communicate with hardware.
A kernel image is a compiled and usually compressed & self-extracting kernel (generally with the name of bzImage). In the linux distributions, it is copied from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/ to /boot .
The uncompiled kernel source can be obtained from [1] in .tar.gz or tar.bze format . To compile the system one uses "make xconfig" in XWindows environment and later make dep; make clean; make bzImage; to compile the modules make modules make modules_install.
The kernel image is booted changing [Lilo] /etc/lilo.conf :
- image=/boot/X.X.XX
- label=KernelX.X.XX8
- read-only
- alias=2
See also kernel panic