From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (2224 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 15:09:41 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for speakup@braille.uwo.ca id OAA11122; Sat Sep 23 14:09:44 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA01236 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 14:09:42 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000923141822.007e1a80@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 14:18:22 -0500 Subject: Re: New user encountering problems In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: Does redhat provide a way of making kernel compiling easier? I mean, if I read a howto, and it says I need a certain option enabled that isn't, is it easy to just go in and turn that on without messing anything else that works up? At 11:58 AM 9/23/00 -0500, you wrote: >I don't know why you might have had the troubles you mentioned Jacob. I >have two rethat systems myself and have never had any trouble with custom >kernels. I don't use make install to place them either. > >After doing a make BzImage, I copy the new kernel to my /boot dir and >update lilo.conf manually. Personally I don't use the "standard" nameing >scheme. Partly because this only works if you have one kernel. I have >played arround and when doing stuff may try fiv or six different kernels >all with slightly different options in them. Instead, I use a date scheme. > >My experiance has been that the kernel can be named anything. It can sit >anyplce on the disk that can be reached using the bios access to the disk. > >-- >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net >------------------ > >Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. > Alfred North Whitehead > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >