On Thursday 23 October 2003 1:54 pm, Tom Syroid wrote: > Good day, > > I'd like to take another stab at the 2.6.x kernel series on my Dell > Inspiron (8000). While I'm hardly a newbie, the last time I tried to > configure a 2.5/6 kernel on this system, I was somewhat -less- than > successful; after two days I gave up in disgust ;-) > > Anyone on the list have .config file they'd be willing to share as a > starting point? Feel free to email me offlist if so desired. > > Best, > /tom
Tom, If you have a good working kernel on your Dell (I assume you do), even 2.4.xx, use that as a basis to see what's set in it as modules, and compiled into the kernel. That will give you a good idea of what your hardware requires. If you want to start from scratch, basically, what I do when configuring 2.6's for a new box I'm unfamiliar with is to check out the specs carefully, and do an xconfig and make sure all those items are compiled into the kernel, or at least as modules (some must be compiled in). I keep my kernels under 1.5- 1.7MB (maximum), preferably smaller- the idea is to unset things you don't have, or will never use or need later. Depending on what you want to run, and what peripherals you have- use modules or not. If you wind up with huge kernels, set some stuff as modules. However, I've had more success building 2.6 with as few modules as possible. The latest 2.6 test versions are getting better and better- I'm having no problems whatsoever with a vanilla 2.6.0-test8 and I added the mm1 patch. Really great performance! Be sure to include the items mentioned in the Gentoo Install Doc for compiling your own kernel. Robert Crawford Here's a link to your computer specs, if you don't have the owners manual. http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/plav/specs.htm -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
