From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from nsfone.fone.net ([206.168.68.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FAhEL-0006e5-00 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:35:33 -0500 Received: from mail2.fone.net (mail2.fone.net [206.168.68.165]) by nsfone.fone.net (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1J5YLOc013358 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:34:21 -0700 (MST) Received: from grandmasfury (ftcw30.ftc.fone.net [207.174.192.34]) by mail2.fone.net (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1J5Ye8q012764 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:34:44 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <000e01c63516$3c760d00$6401a8c0@grandmasfury> From: "Tyler Littlefield" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: help with compilation of kernel? Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:34:58 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-PMX-Version: 4.7.1.128075, Antispam-Engine: 2.3.0.1, Antispam-Data: 2006.02.18.204604 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.7 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:35:34 -0000 Hay, I am sort of lost, I have read the docs, but I don't really understand = how to do this, Can someone explain how to compile the kernel? also, is there a way I can change the output dir? last thing, can I make it boot from a floppy or something, so if I scrue = this kernel up, I can just take the floppy out, and I have my old kernel = back? like, I will have two kernels on the hd, and when the floppy is = in, it will boot debian into the other kernel? thx,