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# Installing a kernel

Building the kernel involves a few steps: configuring it and compiling it. There are a few ways to configure the kernel. If you don't like the way this book does it, read the `README` that comes with the kernel source tree, and find out what the options are. The following commands are run to build the kernel:

> `cd /usr/src/linux &&`
> `make mrproper &&`
> `make menuconfig &&`
> `make dep &&`
> `make bzImage &&`
> `make modules &&`
> `make modules_install &&`
> `cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel &&`
> `cp System.map /boot`

Note: the arch/i386/boot/bzImage path may vary on different platforms.

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