[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading the kernel

2007-10-03 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-03, Jed R. Mallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you to all who responded. `make oldconfig` works as > usual without the worries. I was a bit apprehensive because of > the gentoo kernel upgrade guide warning about using oldconfigs > but turns out it's safe afterall. That's why you

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading the kernel

2007-10-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-02, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 03:00:49PM +, Penguin Lover Grant Edwards > squawked: >> You probably want to disable generic IDE support and enable the >> combined SATA/PATA stuff in the new one. The ATA stuff has >> been completely redone bet

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading the kernel

2007-10-02 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 03:00:49PM +, Penguin Lover Grant Edwards squawked: > You probably want to disable generic IDE support and enable the > combined SATA/PATA stuff in the new one. The ATA stuff has > been completely redone between 2.6.21 and 2.6.22. I just installed 2.6.23-rc[some numb

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading the kernel

2007-10-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-02, Jed R. Mallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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