I need to rebuild the Mint kernel (Mint
since I have a loop-aes encrypted disk that I need to access. Loop-aes needs it's own loop module and Mint (like most distros) has the standard version compiled into the kernel. I have done it without any problems on a Slackware installation, but on Mint I can't seem to get the new kernel to work. Partly I guess this is because I can't seem to figure out the actual source used for the kernel in Mint...I tried this on Mint 9 first, but I assume the steps are the same on Mint8(?). I found instructions here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=46595, but that ends up just going into a kernel panic. Once I also built a new initrd before updating grub (update-initramfs) there was no kernel panic, but the screen just went black. I have tried the latest kernel from kernel.org as well as the kernel source package (linux-source) in the Software Manager, which included Ubuntu patches, but those lacked certain files that make looked for so I disabled the Ubuntu patches.
So:
where do I get the source that actually works? Mint 8 and Mint 9 please.
How do I build and install the kernel so that it works? There seem to be some step missing, perhaps relating to my (lack of) understanding of grub/grub2 - on Slackware I just build the new kernel, place it where I want, update /etc/lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo and then the kernel is available on the next reboot.
The installation is completely unmodified otherwise.
Thanks!