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From: Steven Walter <srwalter@yahoo.com>
To: Geoffrey Gallaway <geoffeg@sin.sloth.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Error in documentation?
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:04:57 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010618110457.A21328@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010618111510.A27662@sin.sloth.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010618111510.A27662@sin.sloth.org>; from geoffeg@sin.sloth.org on Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:15:11AM -0400

It does appear that the documentation regarding this is out of date.
However, you can still install modules to a given location by:

INSTALL_MOD_PATH="/path/to/modules" make modules_install

Had to dig through the Makefile for that, though it may actually be
documented somewhere.

On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:15:11AM -0400, Geoffrey Gallaway wrote:
> linux/Documentation/modules.txt says that I should find my modules in
> "linux/modules" after running "make modules". However, this is
> apparently not true as I see no modules directory. 
> 
> I am trying to compile a kernel with lots of modules for a machine
> without a network connection. To move the kernel, I simply copy it to
> floppy and move it over to the other machine. However, for the modules,
> is my only choice appears to be "make modules-install" then tar up
> /lib/modules/kernel-release/ and then remove the directory. Is there a 
> cleaner way to handle this?
-- 
-Steven
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
			-- George Orwell

      reply	other threads:[~2001-06-18 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-06-18 15:15 Error in documentation? Geoffrey Gallaway
2001-06-18 16:04 ` Steven Walter [this message]

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