thomas saw fit to inform me that: >>>it is in the standard kernels. > >> I am not talking about debian kernels. > >I wasnt talking about debian kernels either :) They are obviously not in >linus' kernels but they are (have been?) in AC's kernels (for some >time?). I know 2.4.7-ac11 has it cause i'm using it right now. Can only >be a matter of weeks until Linus' puts them in the offcial kernel. > >btw. is there any advantage to make-kpgk the kernel over the non-deb >method (= normal method)? just asking out of curiosity.
Hello Thomas, It's always helpful to have a deb file of your custom compiled kernel handy. Say in case of crash etc. you need not recompile the kernel :-) Just dpkg -i kernel-image* In case your new kernel does not work as u want or some bugs etc. than u can easily revert back to your old kernel. It is always better to keep packges installed using a Package Manager. When u have been given such a nice utility why not make full use of it :-) There is also a nice tool called checkinstall using which u can create a deb file for any of the compiled stuff. I have got now icewm.deb, mutt.deb, mplayer.deb etc. using checkinstall. Coool. Here is the link, try it out, u will never regret it : http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/ Bye bye. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Fowkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kurtarkar Nagari,Bldg-C,T4, http://www.symonds.net/~rajesh/ Santacruz,Ponda-Goa-403401-INDIA Powered By : Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 R-3 Kernel 2.4.9(ext3), Mutt 1.3.20i, IceWM "Silence is the true friend that never betrays." - Confucious ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
