[ILUG] Rebuilding kernel

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Before moving forward, take a look  at the Linux From Scratch HOWTO 
and the Linux Bootdisk Howto:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-
formats/html_single/Linux-From-Scratch-HOWTO.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-
formats/html_single/Bootdisk-HOWTO.html

On 18 Sep 2001, at 9:54, Dave Airlie wrote:

> 
> does RH put a config in /boot at all? ... some distribs do ..
> 
> usually though RH compiled kernels are under-optimised to run on more
> platforms and have a load of unneeded stuff on them .. so your best bet is
> to figure out what devices you have and pick them as modules.. or maybe
> just module everything you can (except IDE/ext2 of course)..
> 
> Dave.
> 
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Fergal Moran wrote:
> 
> > I have a RH7.1 box here with kernel 2.4.2-2 and I want to recompile it
> > with kernel 2.4.9.  Unfortunately the sources were not installed with
> > the first install - so I can't see how the original kernel was
> > compiled.  How can I ensure that I am compiling everything I need into
> > the new kernel - or is it a case of trial and error?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Fergal.
> >
> >
> 
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> 
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