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.
