On Thursday 30 April 2009 11:09:49 Dave Patterson wrote: > * Randy Patterson <t...@patterson-pcc.com> [2009-04-30 10:28:00 -0500]: > > I guess I assumed that kernel-package was to build the kernel from the > > source used by the current Debian distro installed. So if that's not the > > case and I decided to use the latest stable from kernel.org, is it > > advantageous to use kernel-package or find a good howto and learn to > > build and install using a more low level approach. I'm mainly looking at > > just optimizing the config file for a particular systems to building a > > leaner meaner kernel. I have some older systems that don't do anything > > but grid computing. I thought if I removed a lot of the stuff that wasn't > > being used in the kernel I could speed these up a little. > > Yup, I do that, and I use kernel-package to do it. It's a very > versatile wrapper script that calls the necessary commands to do the > actual compiling of the kernel and and then builds a debian package > which you can then install with 'dpkg -i'. > > the configuration of the kernel you do prior to using kernel-package, > usually thru an ncurseѕ, qt, or gtk interface. > > Good tutorial here: > > <http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html>
Dave, with a last name like yours I must assume that this is excellent advice! :-) Thanks for everyone's input. I will now travel down the kernel-package road. Randy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
