You do realize when your on a menu item, hitting the help button explains what that item is?? Some has really good info, some is a little sparse but its always helped me on items I didn't know. Including what the name of the module will be if it has that option.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Banks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Upgrade question.. > > > --- David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 September 2003 04:16 am, Joshua Banks wrote: > > > > try genkernel --config and then make sure the cpu > settings and modules > > you want are included. Would be nice if genkernel had a > man page or a -h or > > --help option! > > > Thanks for the suggestion. I actually planned on doing this > already though, as this is the only > choice at this point. > > Next time I upgrade the Kernel, is there a way to have it use > the settings used in the previous > kernel setup? Or do we actually have to go into the kernel > menu and reconfigure all the kernel > settings manually each time? > > I'm seriously doing as much reading as possible on this > subject but I find myself getting lost in > the vast amount of info on this subject. Not trying to make > excuses but its hard to stay goal > centric trying to sift through mounds of info trying to find > what fits and what doesn't for what > I'm actually trying to accomplish. > > I realize I'm not going to understand this over night. This > is all I really want. > My goal is to understand to a degree what can be added and > removed safely (in regards to the > hardware that I have on this pc) from the kernel > setup-menuconfig, starting from the top of the > kernel menu and working all the way down to the bottom. > > I understand that most Kernel menuconfig-setup > options/selections will differ from one user to the > next, but any general examples would be nice. > Is there any info out on the web that <Specifically> walks > beginners or even non-beginners > through the Kernel-menu-config from top to bottom? Possibly > explaining each menu option along the > way.. :) This would be ideal. Even more ideal would be > examples for the PIII architecture if > possible. > > Thanks, > Joshua Banks > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
