WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting TOPIC: Linux Newbie Series: Compiling a Kernel WHERE: O'Reilly (see NBLUG website for specifics) WHEN: June 12th, 2001 @ 7:30PM ---- Hello all! Our June meeting is just around the corner (8 days to be specific). For June we have a meeting for all the new Linux users out there, and what we hope, will be the first of a series of talks targeted at the user who is new to Linux and is interested in gaining some foundation skills. Our first talk in this series will be presented by yours truly and it will be on how to compile a new kernel for your box. I'm not going to be going into exactly which drivers you need for what, or what each item in the kernel configuration does. This would be a long process and would end up confusing most new users. Instead, I'm hopping to give you enough of a basic understanding on the steps involved in compiling your own kernel that you can sit down with a fresh kernel and get a basic kernel compiled and then learn more on your own from there. I'll be covering things like : * Where do I get the kernel sources? * Why would I want to compile XX as a module? * What are the various 'make' commands to building a kernel? * What do I do with my kernel once I've got it built? It should be a pretty fun and light talk..aside from just being informative. Just as a heads up, next month, we'll have Mike and Andrew from SSU talking about booting a Linux box over the network. Stay tuned for further details on that talk as July gets closer. -Dustin -- Founder & President The North Bay Linux Users' Group http://www.nblug.org/ dustin(a)nblug.org