Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | [1 <text/plain; us-ascii (7bit)>] | On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 01:39:25PM +1100, Richard Lyon wrote: | > > We'll find out shortly. I'm FTPing the sources from sunsite. Never | > > did like the Debian way of doing the Kernel. | > > | | > GULP.... This seems a bit drastic, "make zlilo" works for me with 2.0.34. | > It almost seems like you have not installed all the right development | > bits. Have you got a copy of these missing header files anywhere on your | > machine? | | Drastic? Why? Seems sensable to me. [snip]
Personally, I rarely use the stock Debian kernels. Mainly because I have an Adaptec 2940UW that isn't supported so well, at least until 2.0.36, without patches. I also fiddle with the development kernels on occasion. With make-kpkg I can easily build my own custom kernels and install them just as I would one of the stock Debian kernels. I'm also a bit of a control freak when it comes to my kernels. I want to be able to boot my kernel and have access to all the hardware I'd need to do a full restore of my system from tape, without kernel modules. It makes it easier to build a set of custom rescue diskettes with such a kernel and the stock Debian kernel doesn't allow this. So, Steve building his own kernels, directly from the source on ftp.kernel.org (mirrored on sunsite) isn't so unusual. Gary
