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DEPENDANCIES:

• GCC and binutils
• GNU Bash

USAGE: See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/genkernel.xml or issue ``genkernel --help''.

PORTING: To port to other arches:

cd /usr/share/genkernel

cp -Rp x86 ${myarch}

mkdir /usr/share/genkernel/pkg/${myarch}

Modify what is needed in the /usr/share/genkernel/${myarch} directory, as well making a generic kernel-config.

IMPORTANT KERNEL NOTES:

• You MUST have /dev/pts turned on. "Block devices->Loopback device support"
  "Block devices->RAM disk support"
• To boot genkernel properly, the kernel config must have RAM disk support and Initial RAM disk support. You should also set your "Default RAM disk size to 8192"

BOOTING A KERNEL WITH INITRD:

GRUB: real_root= needs to point to your root partition root= needs to point to the ramdisk (should stay at /dev/ram0) init= needs to point to the linuxrc file to execute on the ramdisk vga= should be the resolution you want your screen. 0x317 is 1024x768 - 16bpp and you'll get a pretty splash if configured properly

GRUB EXAMPLE ENTRY: title=2.6.0 [ Genkernel ] root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.0-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.0-gentoo