On 16/12/2013 22:39, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > On 12/16/2013 10:28 PM, Mick wrote: >> On Monday 16 Dec 2013 19:57:30 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >>> On Dec 16, 2013 9:38 PM, "the" <the.gu...@mail.ru> wrote: >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> On 12/16/13 23:30, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >>>>> Interesting option. Wish it had said it would nuke my .config as >>>>> well. Just finished setting it up. Thought I'd follow the advice >>>>> given before rebuilding the kernel. Should've backed up the .config >>>>> file prior to running 'make distclean'. >>>> Thanks for the heads up. >>>> Perhaps it's a good idea to include configuration in the binary >>> Sounds like good advice. Thought of this as well afterwards. >>> Thanks. >> Don't you save a copy of your kernel .config in /boot/ ? >> > Apparently not. > > Is this the recommended location for a backup copy of .conf?
It's what you get when you run make install in the kernel source dir. If you install your kernel image manually, then you must remember to do it yourself. There is no "recommended location" as such - any old place is as good as any other place and the choice is really up to you, so a recommendation is pointless. But seeing as the kernel's Makefile makes a copy of the .config and System.map in /boot, it makes sense to follow that established pattern. Or you could just use make install -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
