kernel compiling the debian way...

2001-11-26 Thread jeff
for any who are curious: http://goats.gnue.org/~chillywilly/debian-kernel-mini-howto.txt happy hacking -jeff -- Q: Why do ducks have big flat feet? A: To stamp out forest fires. Q: Why do elephants have big flat feet? A: To stamp out flaming ducks.

Re: Tutorial for kernel compiling the Debian way, RFC

2001-04-23 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, I must say, it is a very exhaustive document, but I think detailed enough for a newbie, BUT: everything you describe, is done as root. This is not needed, and certainly for newbies somewhat dangerous. I would do the following: As root: - install kernel source with apt - addgroup useraccount

Re: Tutorial for kernel compiling the Debian way, RFC

2001-04-23 Thread Robert Voigt
On Sunday 22 April 2001 11:26, Jesse Goerz wrote: I wrote a basic document intended to help Debian newbies compile custom kernels using kernel-package. I'd really appreciate any and all comments, suggestions, additions, subtractions you may have. (constructive welcomed, the rest accepted) I

Re: Tutorial for kernel compiling the Debian way, RFC

2001-04-23 Thread Robert Voigt
On Monday 23 April 2001 12:28, Sebastiaan wrote: Perhaps you have mentioned it somewhere, but it may be worthy noting that you can compile kernels on a fast machine for a slower machine (with the correct config files), copy the .deb file and install the package on the slower machine. This

Tutorial for kernel compiling the Debian way, RFC

2001-04-22 Thread Jesse Goerz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I wrote a basic document intended to help Debian newbies compile custom kernels using kernel-package. I'd really appreciate any and all comments, suggestions, additions, subtractions you may have. (constructive welcomed, the rest accepted) You

Re: Tutorial for kernel compiling the Debian way, RFC

2001-04-22 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 05:26:01AM -0400, Jesse Goerz wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I wrote a basic document intended to help Debian newbies compile custom kernels using kernel-package. I'd really appreciate any and all comments, suggestions, additions,

Re: [Newbiedoc-discuss] Re: Tutorial for kernel compiling the Debian way, RFC

2001-04-22 Thread Jesse Goerz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 April 2001 08:13, David Raeker-Jordan wrote: Jesse In Making sure you have everything you need, you wrote: This should create a directory called kernel-source-2.2.19. Inside that directory you should find another called