Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Henrik /KaarPoSoft
On 09/10/12 00:05, Mikie wrote: > > > "It replaces the current .config " wow... now I'm really confused LOL > > >trying to understand > > >thanks tw3ak > > I am a confused newbie too tw3ak but I'm going to guess that each time > you run make menuconfig you get a new .config file. > > let's see

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Mikie wrote: > I am a confused newbie too tw3ak but I'm going to guess that each > time you run make menuconfig you get a new .config file. The .config file is in the kernel source directory, so you don't modify anything in the running system. The configuration processes for the kernel either t

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Mikie
> "It replaces the current .config " wow... now I'm really confused LOL >trying to understand >thanks tw3ak I am a confused newbie too tw3ak but I'm going to guess that each time you run make menuconfig you get a new .config file. let's see what they say though. -- http://linuxfromscratc

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Robert Cox
  From: Bruce Dubbs To: LFS Support List Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2012 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites Robert Cox wrote: > communication skills are a personal weakness, please allow me to > elaborate further... LOL Yes, I se

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Robert Cox wrote: > communication skills are a personal weakness, please allow me to > elaborate further... LOL Yes, I see that. Don't top post. > my question is about menuconfig... in several howto web pages they > refer to copying the /boot/.config file from the distro currently > running to t

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Robert Cox
ruce Dubbs To: Robert Cox ; LFS Support List Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites Robert Cox wrote: > I'm a bit stuck... menuconfig.. and the file .config  coping over my > distro's config file to .config in the build directory then

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Robert Cox wrote: > I'm a bit stuck... menuconfig.. and the file .config coping over my > distro's config file to .config in the build directory then loading > it to menuconfig making additional changes to customize the > configuration?, the question is does menuconfig "append" each time I > run

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Baho Utot
On 09/09/2012 11:05 AM, Robert Cox wrote: hello, Wow lots to learn, I have little computer background and no formal computer training I'm self taught. I'm a bit stuck... menuconfig.. and the file .config coping over my distro's config file to .config in the build directory then lo

[lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Robert Cox
hello,    Wow lots to learn, I have little computer background and no formal computer training I'm self taught.   I'm a bit stuck... menuconfig.. and the file .config  coping over my distro's config file to .config in the build directory then loading it to menuconfig making additional cha

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites reading and kernel build

2012-09-05 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 02:38:06PM -0700, Robert Cox wrote: > going thru the prerequisites again and decided to build a custom kernel for > my distro. > If you've been here before, you should have remembered that (like most linux lists), we don't like top-posting. Please don't do that here. > l

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites reading and kernel build

2012-09-05 Thread Jasmine Iwanek
On 2012-09-05 22:38, Robert Cox wrote: > going thru the prerequisites again and decided to build a custom > kernel for my distro. > > linux gets confusing because of the independent thinking both good > and bad... > 1. distro call for debian is export cpu flags and so on... and the > straight buil

[lfs-support] prerequisites reading and kernel build

2012-09-05 Thread Robert Cox
going thru the prerequisites again and decided to build a custom kernel for my distro. linux gets confusing because of the independent thinking both good and bad... 1. distro call for debian is export cpu flags and so on... and the straight build is j4 or +1 or all the virtual cpu's depends