How do I get the configuration used to build the kernel that installed with the Mandrake 8.0 system and which make rule is the correct one? I installed the kernel-sources rpm from my 8.0 distribution set. Then I added ACPI -- using 'make menuconfig -- because my new laptop uses that standard instead of APM and the APM support in the Mandrake kernel does not work with ACPI. The kernel I get in return is huge compared to /boot/vmlinux. So, how do I get the configuration used to generate the vmlinux that is installed? That kernel works well and I do not want to chase thousands of silly problems in kernel tweaking land in order to get ACPI added. Thinking that the .config supplied with kernel-sources was the one that make vmlinux-2.4.3-mdk20, I removed the RPM and then reinstalled and did a 'make dep vmlinux' and got a kernel that is 2.2 MB vs the 833 KB. To add insult to injury, it does not boot either. I then tried 'make bzImage' which gave me a 5.5 KB kernel that does not boot because it is missing a signature. That leaves me with the question. What configuration and make rule did the folks at Mandrake use in order to create vmlinux-2.4.3-mdk20? I would have thought that the Mandrake folks would have supplied the configuration with the sources or at the install time in '/usr/src/linux/.config-mdk20'. Oh well. Al Niessner
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