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Re: [cobalt-developers] Re-compiling Kernals



Aaron J Hawk wrote:
> 
> I am currently trying to put a sound card into our Raq3. My question is
> after I've compiled the new kernal for sound support, how do I go about
> telling the raq to use the new kernal. I check the date and time on the
> kernal the box is using and it is dated from October.

The kernel is /boot/vmlinux.gz.  If you want to test without nuking your
old one, you can attach a serial console, hit space to enter ROM, type:

bfd /path/to/your/vmlinux.gz

Does that help?
Tim

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Tim Hockin
Software Engineer / OS Engineer
Cobalt Networks
thockin@xxxxxxxxxx




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