Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2010-03-09 8:36 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
Today is when running a lilo menu with "production" and "experimental"
kernels saved me. "production" is 2.6.30-r8. "experimental" is
2.6.31-r6 or 2.6.31-r10 (same problems with either one). I set
/usr/src/linux to point at 2.6.31-r6 (or 10), copied .config from
2.6.30-r8 and ran "make oldconfig".
I *never* use make oldconfig between major kernel versions...
I do as the kernel upgrade guide says - when going between major
versions (yes, even one), copy the old .config to the new kernel dir,
then run make menuconfig, and make sure all of your critical options are
set. This is much safer, though it does take more time.
I've been wondering though - how well does genkernel work now? I've
never used it...
I use make oldconfig all the time and have only had problems with it
once. I would trust make oldconfig looong before I would even think to
trust genkernel. I have never got it to work for me.
Using make oldconfig should be fine for the OP. I wouldn't use it if I
were going from 2.6.1* to a current version tho. It would be faster to
start from scratch. That would be a lot of questions to answer.
Dale
:-) :-)
