diff --git a/eurofile/INSTALL b/eurofile/INSTALL index bd6c3543..a089d2a2 100644 --- a/eurofile/INSTALL +++ b/eurofile/INSTALL @@ -64,8 +64,12 @@ make modules_install "make modules_install" is recommended after compilation. -You can additionally do a `make install', but be aware that this might -possibly overwrite your old 2.0.36+ kernel. Without `make install' you will +If your Linux-Distribution comes with a 2.2.x kernel pre-installed, you can +additionally do a `make install'. If not, not, you still could do so, +but be aware that this might possibly overwrite your old 2.0.36+ +kernel which might cause some problems with other parts of your +Linux distribution. Therefor, with an old linux distribution, it +recommended to omit `make install' for the first tests. You will need to add an additional entry to your /etc/lilo.conf file for booting your 2.2.x kernel as an alternative to 2.0.x. diff --git a/eurofile/README b/eurofile/README index 73519604..69ccb7b9 100644 --- a/eurofile/README +++ b/eurofile/README @@ -256,15 +256,13 @@ contain some documentation (and disclaimers :-). Remark on installing kernel image: ================================== -As you are going to use beta test kernel kernels, it is recommended -that you don't install the compiled kernel as your default kernel -image until you are sure that everything works as expected. -I boot the experimental kernels directly from the source tree -(and I load the modules from there as well). - -I've just appended the following lines to my /etc/lilo.conf: -(assume the experimental kernel source tree resides in -/home/kernel/linux-ix25) +If your Linux distribution does not support 2.2.x kernels, +it is recommended that you don't install the compiled 2.2.x kernel +as your default kernel image until you are sure that everything works +as expected. You can add additional entries to the /etc/lilo.conf file +in order to allow booting non-standard kernels from a different +location. Please refer to the relevant lilo doc (man pages, doc files, +HOWTOs,..) or refer to an older eftp4linux README file for examples. Thanks