On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:36:29 -0500 Paul Cartwright <a...@pcartwright.com> wrote:
> On Tue December 22 2009, Celejar wrote: > > > I think I have done this before, I think I tried it for a 64bit kernel, > > > for my Duo-Core processor, but it didn't turn out well. Seems to me the > > > "configure' part takes 2 days, or way too many options. I seem to > > > remember it asked whether i wanted support for every known piece of > > > hardware out there, and I don't know when to say Y or N.. > > > > Try 'make menuconfig', or copy over a config file from a running kernel > > of the same version. > > ok , so I found my config file, /usr/src/linux/.config . This is my config > for > my currently running kernel, that includes all the modules I need to make all > of my hardware work? Not sure what's in /usr/src/linux. I'd recommend going with the one under /boot. > so if I copied that to the folder where I unpacked the 2.6.32.2 kernel and > ran > make menuconfig, and just accepted everything, it should create a kernel that > I can use? If you get the right config, it should. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
