Give 'er. Especially if your using GRUB rather than LILO as the boot loader, I'd say do it again and again until it works. The first few times through, you'll want to spend a long time looking at the various options for the kernel, just so you know what's where. Also, there should be a .config file somewhere that will have the default config which is already on your system. Where that config is will depend on your distro. But you could search for it.
Just don't overwrite your default kernel, and all will be well. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wallace, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:27 PM Subject: (clug-talk) (kernel help) any tips or pointers on recompiling my kernel in SuSE 8.1? > Hey all, > > It has come to my attention that I will need to rebuild my kernel on my > laptop and main box at home in order to take advantage of ACPI/APM features > as well as other functionality. > > That being said, I was wondering if anyone had any pointers, tips, 'gotchas' > to watch for when doing so? I have been reading through the "how to's", but > this is something that I have, thus far, been able to avoid ;) and have been > a little leery of tackling myself. > > Is this something that a linux 'newb' should be able to tackle himself or > should I wait for the next 'tweak-fest'? ;-) > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > >
