On Monday 01 October 2007 10:19:57 pm Jed R. Mallen wrote: > Do you guys have a trick that will update a new kernel quickly? I'm using > 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 right now, and have foregone upgrading to 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 > and -r8 because I read somewhere that I can't just use my old .config file > for a new kernel version if it's *not* a revision-upgrade and I can only > upgrade safely between 2 revisions. > > I don't want to go through all those kernel settings one by one. Do you > just remember a few key things that you need (framebuffer, video, usb, etc) > and just use the default settings? >
You really don't know what you're missing. :') Seriously, just print out your old config, key it into menconfig... tweak it a bit and compile it... Then test it by rebooting into the new kernel... Painless, safe... easy. -- From the Desk of: Jerome D. McBride -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
