Building a Custom Kernel
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Note:
swap space   All machines have a finite amount of Ran 
dom Access Memory. Without a method for dealing with
this limited memory the system would crash whenever avail 
able memory is exhausted. To resolve this issue, the kernel
 swaps  memory to disk when not in use, to free memory for
use by other processes. This requires a disk partition, or a
file, that has been specially formatted to deal with memory
swapping.
Building the Kernel
The Debian system provides access to the kernel in several ways. There is
a separate Kernel Image package that will allow you to install a  pre 
configured  kernel image on the current system. There is also a Kernel
Source package that will allow the custom configuration of a kernel and build
a Kernel Image package as its output.
There are no preconditions in a Debian system that require you to use these
packages. The kernel for a Debian system can be built without these packages
and will work just as well. A discussion of how to do this will be instructive
to more than just the paranoid individual who needs direct control over such
important matters as a kernel. The following section will first describe how
to construct and install a kernel without using the Debian packages, followed
by a description of the differences and advantages of using the Debianized
versions. As there are trade offs for either approach the choice of method will
be dictated by local considerations.
Non Debian Kernel Construction
Sometime before the advent of the 2.0 kernel the old method of building the
kernel was abandoned. What was removed was the requirement that the ker 






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