Does the moving of the config files have any effect on the already compiled kernel? (I was under the impression that a .config _went with_ a specific build) or is that a throwback to too much time in a m$ environment?
John D -----Original Message----- From: Marco Matthies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:46 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] multiple kernel configs John Dangler wrote: > I changed some options to the menuconfig (trying to get that splash to > work), and saved the changes to an alternate config file. > I'd like to make a kernel with _that_ config file and keep it separate from > my default 2.6-r12 kernel, since, when the splash causes the panic, I have > some way to get back in. > > How do I compile a new kernel that I can add to the grub.conf with the > alternate config ? The kernel config file used for compiling the kernel is called .config So, to compile a kernel with that config file, just replace the .config with your alternate file, saving the old .config of course if you want to keep it: mv .config my-old-config mv my-new-config .config (do this in the kernel source dir) You might have to call 'make clean' before you compile your new kernel, i'm not 100% sure on that -- it won't harm though. You can add as many kernels to your grub config as you like -- you might want to check with the install guide how to do that exactly: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 Basically, your second kernel gets the same kind of entry just as your first, but you will want to change the title and of course the kernel (the root line should be the same as in the first block). Move your kernel under the name you specified to the same location where your other kernel is, using the name you specified in the config. (you will probably have to mount your /boot partition to do all this naturally) I.e. add an extra block something like this to your grub.conf: title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r11 root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 Marco -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
