Charles:
If this is a fresh install of Red Hat 6.2, and I've never recompiled the
kernel, shouldn;t it be configured to the default that Red Hat installed
it? Or do I need to type make oldconfig to get it that way? Sorry if I
wasn't clear in my previous email.
- Mike
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Charles Galpin wrote:
> no. run 'make oldconfig' first. this will give you the settings your
> installed kernel used.
>
> then, make whatever changes you want (like turing off raid).
>
> hth
> charles
>
> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Michael J. McGillick wrote:
>
> > Morning All:
> >
> > On the topic of rebuilding the kernel, is my assumption correct that if I
> > were to go into the /usr/src/linux directory, and follow the steps to
> > recompile the kernel, without making any changes to the configuration, I
> > should get back the same kernel that Red Hat installs by default, and all
> > of the same modules set up?
> >
> > The reason I ask this, is I've had mixed results in the past when
> > recompiling. As the kernels keep changing, it's tough to determine what
> > needs to be left in, what should be compiled as a module, and what should
> > be removed. If the above statement is true, I would go into make config,
> > and remove the RAID stuff only, leaving everything else as is and then
> > recompile.
>
>
>
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