Saturday 08 February 2003, alle 11:48, Ivar Alm: : At 08:53 2003-02-08, Manoj Srivastava wrote: : >>>"Mike" == Mike Leone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : > : > > Well, it didn't work when I did it the make-kpkg way (I believe I was : > > following the direction on the WIRELESS-LAN-HOWTO). Doing it the : > standard : > > Linux way (aka "the hard way") works every time, and on every Linux : >distro. : > : > I don't know what the WIRELESS-LAN-HOWTO says, but, for the : > record, I also make my own kernel images and pcmcia modules, and it : > works every time, for the only Linux distribution I really care : > about. : > : > manoj : : For the record, I made my kernels the "Linux way" before, but as I got : acquainted with make-kpkg, I stick to it. The only modification I need is : that after the installation of created kernel package, I need to modify : some link names in the root dir. Since I have more than one kernel : installed, I cannot have them all named 'vmlinuz'... :) : : It is so convenient to have a .deb package to install...
In my opinion it is really convenient. Using the Debian way is more clear and dpkg can trace all the modification of your system. I used the Linux way for about 7 years but now that I use the Debian way I think its better. Stefano -- Stefano Canepa e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To follow the path: look at the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see trough the master, become the master. http://www.stefanocanepa.it - http://www.linux.it/~sc
