Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 22 May 2015 20:55:39 -0400, Tom H wrote: I've never understood the approach of trusting the makefile to configure your kernel, compile it, compile any number of modules and install all those modules, but when it comes to copying one file to /boot, that has to be done manually

Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 22 May 2015 23:29:40 +0100, Mick wrote: make install does it exactly the way you are doing it, but faster and less prone to error. Hmm ... I may have used it the wrong way quite a few years ago, but it would only keep two kernels at a time or something like that. That made me

Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 22 May 2015 17:04:49 -0500, Dale wrote: I also save the config with the same version part as the kernel, that way I know which config goes with which kernel. Everyone has their own way of doing what works for them. I just prefer to copy my own manually with a name that makes sense

Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 22 May 2015 12:21:15 -0500, Dale wrote: I didn't even know about make install until I read this thread, I always manually copied kernels over. I have always copied mine over manually too. I keep quite a few spares laying around, just in case. Make install only copies the new

Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-22 Thread Tom H
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 22 May 2015 23:13:06 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2015 17:04:49 -0500, Dale wrote: I also save the config with the same version part as the kernel, that way I know which config goes with which kernel.

Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-22 Thread Tom H
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2015 23:29:40 +0100, Mick wrote: make install does it exactly the way you are doing it, but faster and less prone to error. Hmm ... I may have used it the wrong way quite a few years ago, but it would

Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-22 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2015 17:04:49 -0500, Dale wrote: I also save the config with the same version part as the kernel, that way I know which config goes with which kernel. Everyone has their own way of doing what works for them. I just prefer to copy my own manually with a

Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-22 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 11:29:40PM +0100, Mick wrote On Friday 22 May 2015 23:13:06 Neil Bothwick wrote: make install does it exactly the way you are doing it, but faster and less prone to error. Hmm ... I may have used it the wrong way quite a few years ago, but it would only keep two

Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-22 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2015 12:21:15 -0500, Dale wrote: I didn't even know about make install until I read this thread, I always manually copied kernels over. I have always copied mine over manually too. I keep quite a few spares laying around, just in case. Make install

Re: [gentoo-user] [~and64] Headsup for googled the previous one to vmlinu-chrome users

2015-05-22 Thread Mick
On Friday 22 May 2015 23:13:06 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2015 17:04:49 -0500, Dale wrote: I also save the config with the same version part as the kernel, that way I know which config goes with which kernel. Everyone has their own way of doing what works for them. I just prefer