On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:35:59 -0500 Tony Nelson <tonynel...@georgeanelson.com> wrote:
> On 09-12-25 09:04:42, Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:07:55 -0500 > ... > > > this is the "learning" part.. knowing what you need, what you MIGHT > > > need, and what you don't have to have to make it work.. > > > > Absolutely. I'm just warning you to be prepared for a lot of very > > frustrating "why can't the kernel find my root filesystem?" and "why > > has this piece of HW / SW suddenly stopped working". > > > > One thing I'd recommend, although I've never really done this myself, > > is keeping some sort of journal where you record changes you make and > > their results. > ... > > How about: build a kernel with everything as modules, boot it, look at > the output of lsmod, then build a kernel with (at least) those modules? Probably a good idea, but note that connecting kernel module names with the relevant kernel config options is not always a trivial task. Also, there's a lot of kernel functionality that isn't buildable as modules. 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
