as far as i know, the ".config" file of any kernel
that you build yourself as a user will always be found
in /usr/src/linux, not in any directory. this is
overwritten everytime you 'make config' or 'make
menuconfig' so the backup (of config file) should be
safe somewhere else.
--- Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Pete Jordan wrote:
>
> > DM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > but if you download the kernel source from
> kernel.org,
> > > you will have to build .config yourself... i
> usually
> > > keep a copy of the .config file from my last
> stable
> > > kernel.
> >
> > Worth noting for anyone who doesn't know that
> Mandrake stuffs the .config
> > file for its pre-built kernels in your boot
> directory as
> > config-9.9.9-99mdk{smp}.
>
> Not exactly, at least not on my system (7.2, with a
> kernel package from
> the updates):
> $ rpm -ql kernel |grep -v /lib/modules
> /boot/System.map-2.2.19-4.1mdk
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-4.1mdk
> /usr/share/doc/kernel-2.2.19
>
/usr/share/doc/kernel-2.2.19/kernel-2.2.19-4.1mdk-i586.config
>
> and there's no config file under boot.
>
> So the config file is saved in the documentation
> directory of that
> package.
>
> --
> Tzafrir Cohen
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
>
>
>
>
>
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