[lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Robert Cox
hello,    Wow lots to learn, I have little computer background and no formal computer training I'm self taught.   I'm a bit stuck... menuconfig.. and the file .config  coping over my distro's config file to .config in the build directory then loading it to menuconfig making additional

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Baho Utot
On 09/09/2012 11:05 AM, Robert Cox wrote: hello, Wow lots to learn, I have little computer background and no formal computer training I'm self taught. I'm a bit stuck... menuconfig.. and the file .config coping over my distro's config file to .config in the build directory then

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Robert Cox wrote: I'm a bit stuck... menuconfig.. and the file .config coping over my distro's config file to .config in the build directory then loading it to menuconfig making additional changes to customize the configuration?, the question is does menuconfig append each time I run it

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Robert Cox
tw3akur...@yahoo.com; LFS Support List lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites Robert Cox wrote: I'm a bit stuck... menuconfig.. and the file .config  coping over my distro's config file to .config in the build directory

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Robert Cox wrote: communication skills are a personal weakness, please allow me to elaborate further... LOL Yes, I see that. Don't top post. my question is about menuconfig... in several howto web pages they refer to copying the /boot/.config file from the distro currently running to the

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Robert Cox
  From: Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com To: LFS Support List lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2012 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites Robert Cox wrote: communication skills are a personal weakness, please allow me

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Mikie wrote: I am a confused newbie too tw3ak but I'm going to guess that each time you run make menuconfig you get a new .config file. The .config file is in the kernel source directory, so you don't modify anything in the running system. The configuration processes for the kernel either

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites

2012-09-09 Thread Henrik /KaarPoSoft
On 09/10/12 00:05, Mikie wrote: It replaces the current .configwow... now I'm really confused LOL trying to understand thanks tw3ak I am a confused newbie too tw3ak but I'm going to guess that each time you run make menuconfig you get a new .config file. let's see what they say

[lfs-support] prerequisites reading and kernel build

2012-09-05 Thread Robert Cox
going thru the prerequisites again and decided to build a custom kernel for my distro. linux gets confusing because of the independent thinking both good and bad... 1. distro call for debian is export cpu flags and so on... and the straight build is j4 or +1 or all the virtual cpu's depends

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites reading and kernel build

2012-09-05 Thread Jasmine Iwanek
On 2012-09-05 22:38, Robert Cox wrote: going thru the prerequisites again and decided to build a custom kernel for my distro. linux gets confusing because of the independent thinking both good and bad... 1. distro call for debian is export cpu flags and so on... and the straight build is

Re: [lfs-support] prerequisites reading and kernel build

2012-09-05 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 02:38:06PM -0700, Robert Cox wrote: going thru the prerequisites again and decided to build a custom kernel for my distro. If you've been here before, you should have remembered that (like most linux lists), we don't like top-posting. Please don't do that here.