Exercise #7. Linux Kernel: Overview, Structure, Building, Installing∗

Description∗

Build and install the Linux kernel.

References∗

• Kernel Building Instruction.

  Quick fixes

  # Prepare build directory
  make O=${BUILD_KERNEL} i386_defconfig
  
  # Launch QUEMU
  qemu-system-i386 -kernel ${BUILD_KERNEL}/arch/i386/boot/bzImage -append "root=/dev/sda console=ttyS0" -drive format=raw,file=${BUILD_ROOTFS}/images/rootfs.ext3 -nic user,hostfwd=tcp::8022-:22 &
  

• KVM/QEMU Installation.

• BuildYourOwnKernel.

Guidance∗

1. Getting the kernel sources.
2. Configuring.
3. Building kernel.
4. Building rootfs.
5. Launching.