[ILUG] Before I do a make modules_insall..

[bobb]

Dermot Daly hath declared on Friday the 30 day of January 2004  :-:
> 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?
> Is there anything I should back up prior to running make modules_install
 
Check the top of the Makefile and you should see something like:

    VERSION = 2
    PATCHLEVEL = 4
    SUBLEVEL = 25
    EXTRAVERSION = -pre4
    KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)

Which would put the modules in /lib/modules/2.4.25-pre4 if this is
the same as ``uname -r'' then your current modules will be overwritten.

You can modify the EXTRAVERSION to have a different name and rebuild.

- bobb

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