Hi, There are some mis-impressions floating around about compiling custom kernels.
>>"Nathan" == Nathan L Cutler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nathan> I don't use the debian kernel-source package at all. I Nathan> download Linus's kernels and install them in /usr/src/linux Nathan> and compile them as per /usr/src/linux/README. I have never Nathan> had any problems with this, and otherwise have a full Debian Nathan> system. And that is as it should be. In fact, I do not use the distributed kernel sources -- I use kernel sources patched up to the latest versions by hand -- and massaged into a debian package. The only thing you are missing is a more automated installation/de- installation process, and the fact that dpkg knows about which kernel image you use (which may not be very important, st the moment). Nathan> IMHO the kernel-source package can never give you the Nathan> fine-tuned kernel you need for your particular machine and Nathan> your particular tastes. The kernel-source package is just the "pure" sources from Linux in /usr/src/kernel-source-X.XXX directory. Nothing is added to that directory tree. It does contain pre and post install scripts to help maintain /usr/src/linux symlink -- you can then have multiple kernel sources on your machine, and the kernel source package scripts make sure you don't have a dangling symlink. (I have 2.0.27 and 2.1.20 sources on my machine) The point is, there is no difference in the kernel code. The statement that the kernel source package is less fine tuned than the original sources is a fallacy. manoj -- Coward, n. one who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs. Ambrose Bierce Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]