>>>>> "Shyamal" == Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Shyamal> "lameth" == lameth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: lameth> Okay I'm seriously considering rolling my own kernel, but I have lameth> a few questions first. I've downloaded kernel-source-2.4.16, lameth> binutils, bzip2, fileutils, make, and fdutils, is there anything lameth> else I need to create a custom kernel. [...] Shyamal> Also, why 2.4.16? 2.4.18 is in woody, and it is rock steady Shyamal> (for me anyway). 2.4.19 is in sid, and I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work on a Woody system. You probably want kernel-package too, and all the packages that it suggests. Then "man make-kpkg". [...] Shyamal> Also, be sure to choose CONFIG_FILTER and CONFIG_PACKET in your Shyamal> new kernel configuration. Otherwise DHCP will probably stop Shyamal> working. Start off with the configuration from /boot/config-* (i.e. copy it into the base of the kernel source tree as .config). That's the configuration from the stack Debian kernel. Then adjust as needed. -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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