Re: Building kernels the Debian way (was: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created)

2008-12-09 Thread lee
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:22:51PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: Create new default link to new source code This is absolutely unnecessary and maybe even harmful. Read the README in the Linux kernel tree why you should not do it. The NVIDIA driver doesn't install when it wants to compile a

Re: Building kernels the Debian way

2008-12-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-09 20:02 +0100, lee wrote: On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:22:51PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: Create new default link to new source code This is absolutely unnecessary and maybe even harmful. Read the README in the Linux kernel tree why you should not do it. The NVIDIA driver

Building kernels the Debian way (was: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created)

2008-12-08 Thread Sven Joachim
I feel the need to correct a few bad ideas here. On 2008-12-08 21:53 +0100, subscriptions wrote: Download the source code and unpack Note, none but one of the steps below require root privileges if you are a member of the `src' group or perform them below your home directory instead of

Re: Building kernels the Debian way (was: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created)

2008-12-08 Thread Jochen Schulz
Sven Joachim: Create a new config file based on the old one, this will prompt for new configuration settings. Read carefully every question. root# make oldconfig Finally, some good advice. But before this step, you need to copy your old config to linux-2.6.22.1/.config and cd to the

Re: Building kernels the Debian way

2008-12-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-08 23:01 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Sven Joachim: Finally, some good advice. But before this step, you need to copy your old config to linux-2.6.22.1/.config and cd to the kernel directory. The copy should be unnecessary as long as the current config is available from

Re: Building kernels the Debian way

2008-12-08 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:45:08 +0100 Sven Joachim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008-12-08 23:01 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Sven Joachim: Finally, some good advice. But before this step, you need to copy your old config to linux-2.6.22.1/.config and cd to the kernel directory. The copy

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-03 Thread Romain Lerallut
Thus spake Keith O'Connell on Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 07:34:08AM +: Yes you did, and that was the post that sent me (as a newbie) into dselect looking for newbiedoc but it isn't there. Some of the followup posts make me see that is must be part of woody or sid. Therein lies the problem. As

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-03 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Romain Lerallut wrote: Thus spake Keith O'Connell on Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 07:34:08AM +: Yes you did, and that was the post that sent me (as a newbie) into dselect looking for newbiedoc but it isn't there. Some of the followup posts make me see that is must be part

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-01 Thread Keith O'Connell
Serafim Zanikolas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: Only a few days ago I posted (part of) the description of the package newbiedoc: Current release includes: --- Compiling kernels the Debian way Yes you did

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 07:34:08AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: Serafim Zanikolas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Only a few days ago I posted (part of) the description of the package newbiedoc: Current release includes: --- Compiling kernels the Debian way Yes you did

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2002-01-01 Thread Theo Wribe
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: Hi, As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of Kernels - The Debian Way, but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I would like to read

Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Keith O'Connell
Hi, As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of Kernels - The Debian Way, but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I would like to read it. If it exists could someone give me the url for it please? Keith

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Erik Steffl
Keith O'Connell wrote: Hi, As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of Kernels - The Debian Way, but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I would like to read it. If it exists could someone give me

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Serafim Zanikolas
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: Hi, As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of Kernels - The Debian Way, but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I would like to read

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread dman
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:09:08AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: | Keith O'Connell wrote: | | Hi, | | As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in | ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of Kernels - The | Debian Way, but I cannot seem to find it, and I

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Dan
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:09:08AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: | Keith O'Connell wrote: | | Hi, | | As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in | ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of Kernels - The | Debian Way, but I cannot seem to find

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

2001-12-31 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of Kernels - The Debian Way, but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I would like to read