Linux 2.6.0 Kernel Released

David J Patrick davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
Thu Dec 18 15:54:41 UTC 2003


Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:

>David J Patrick said:
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>
>>    I'll be following (http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2949)
>> *The Very Verbose Guide to Updating and Compiling Your Debian Kernel
>>    
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>
>That one's good....but if you're already running a properly configured
>kernel, why not just use "make oldconfig"? This allows you to use your
>current config file as a base for your new system. It'll run you through
>all the changes in the new kernel (and give you a suggested default).
>  
>

Actually, my existing kernel config is quite botched;
modules I don't want/ need, modules I want ( 0install ! ) and alsa broken.
Y'see, I never really grokked modutils et al.

A fresh setup is what I'm after, I'll just save this one as a backup.


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