From the distribution configuration, the current running kernel, the lastkernel you compiled on the machine or the last kernel you ran "make oldconfig" on?
I ask this cause I did a lot of recompiling trying to find the right kernel for my hardware and now I am a bit dazzled why the distro config (enterprise edition) at least boots with my hardware, but with "make mrproper" "make oldconfig", and adding just 4GB support for highmem and compiling normally, the resulted kernel crashes at boot. :/ Does the enterprise kernel have anything else enabled beside the 4GB highmem?
Best regards, Adrian
Mandrake kernel sources come with some constituents of a previous compilation, .config among them, to enable building of kernel modules for third-party drivers, e.g. nVidia, for one thing:
http://us.mandrakesoft.com/unsupported/README.Mandrake
When you make mrproper, it deletes .config, so move it away before and back after to use it for make oldconfig. The file /boot/config is how the running kernel was configured and I have used that with apparent success when using make xconfig to compile a relatively contemporaneous Mandrake kernel source or kernel.org source.
rolf
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