Thanks to all who've helped me in recompiling my kernel. I used kernel-package on one debian box and it worked fine. But now I'm about to do it on another more important box and I'd like to know why I should not do this as root, as I did on first box, and instead use fakeroot or something similar.
I'm sure there are very good reasons. I'd just like an explanation of the problems created by running it as root and the virtues of not doing so. Thanks for your patience in answering a basic question. Ken
