Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo livedvd kernel

2014-11-13 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 06:03:09PM +, James wrote > the gentoo.efimg looks like a kernel binary > I've got to muck around awhile on this ***IF*** the option is enabled in the kernel, you might have /proc/config.gz and be able to run zcat /proc/config.gz > myconfig.txt Note that mult

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo livedvd kernel

2014-11-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:03:09 + (UTC), James wrote: > Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > % find -type f -exec file {} + | grep kernel > > ./boot/memtest86:Linux x86 kernel > > ./isolinux/gentoo: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage. > > ./isolinux/kernels.msg: AS

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo livedvd kernel

2014-11-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:43:21 + (UTC), James wrote: > > The kernel is a file on the DVD, not buried in the squashfs > > filesystem - the kernel is needed to mount that filesystem. Given the > > limited number of files on the DVD it quickest to send the lot to > > file. > > Once booted up, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo livedvd kernel

2014-11-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:22:09 + (UTC), James wrote: > > If the live DVD uses GRUB, the config is at grub.cfg as usual. If it > > uses isolinux it will be either /isolinux/isolinux.cfg or > > /boot/isolinux.isolinux.cfg. > > using my old buddy "find" on the minimal cd I found this > /usr/src/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo livedvd kernel

2014-11-12 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:31:07 + (UTC), James wrote: > >> > 1) Boot from the DVD and copy /proc/config.gz to a >> > writeable device. >> >> cool, this gets me the .config file. >> >> > 2) Copy the kernel from the DVD and use >> >/usr/sr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo livedvd kernel

2014-11-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:31:07 + (UTC), James wrote: > > 1) Boot from the DVD and copy /proc/config.gz to a > > writeable device. > > cool, this gets me the .config file. > > > 2) Copy the kernel from the DVD and use > >/usr/src/linux/scripts/extract-ikconfig to extract the config. >