[ILUG] Before I do a make modules_insall..

[Brian Brazil]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 10:12:07AM -0000, Dermot Daly wrote:
> Hi All,
> I've a quick question before running make modules_install on a kernel
> build.
> 
> I've already done a make bzImage and a make modules.
> 
> If I now do a make modules_install, where will it install the modules to
> ?  I.e. will it overwrite my current kernel's modules, or will it
> install them elsewhere?
It will install them(by default ) in /lib/modules/2.x.xx/
It will overwrite anything already there.
> Is there anything I should back up prior to running make modules_install
> ?
Back them up if you want. Never caused me problems. I find that
forgetting to compile your ide controller into the kernel is more of a
problem.

Brian