2. Pre-requisites

• Before the steps in this document can be applied, the reader must have a working Linux installation in which one can get to the Linux prompt as user root since the majority of the steps involved can only be undertaken by the said user.

• The existing kernel may be compiled either to use modules or not to use modules, and can even display error messages during the boot-up procedure as a result of modules being configured which aren't available at the moment, providing the above condition is met.

• The source tree for the current kernel is assumed to be found rooted at /usr/src/linux and that is also assumed to be the current directory throughout this document at the start of any sequence of commands to be issued.