Hello All !
As I write this I am playing 16 bit sound, reading a tar from the zip drive and
printing !! Ya know what ? On my machine it sucks!! I love it. The bus is so
completely overwhelmed that the sound cuts out for seconds at a time and the tar
is taking forever. This is great. Only Linux would let this machine even try
to do this. This is a 133 Mhz Pentium (not PII or anything, just Pentium) with
64 meg. I've got Xwindows runnng, a GUI CD player, a GUI mail client and
about 5 terminal emulators running.
Thanks to all who wrote with advice about kernel building. You can have it
all. Even at the same time. The real trick is knowing seven things...
1) The Makefile, NOT the .config file is responsible for naming the kernel AND
the modules directory. You can have multiple versions of the kernel, and the
correct set of modules, but not by messing with the .config file. The Makefile
is driving here. Look at EXTRAVERSION.
1b) This does not apply to the intereaction between libraries and
applications. This is another mystery to me.
2) There is a magic hidden file called .config. You can edit it (but you
shouldn't, and don't have to). You can use a .config file from an older kernel
to configure a newer one. There are several ways to do this. makeoldconfig
is probably the best.
3) make mrproper is a BIG hammer. "make clean" is probably all you need unless
you get in trouble. Of course if your machine is halfway decent this is a non
issue. If your machine is a dog, make mrproper is expensive insurance.
4) lilo is smart, powerful and good. It can boot a kernel from almost anywhere
if you're willing to have a few error messages as modules aren't found until
the partition is mounted. I'm still studying how this works. It sure looks
like the impossible just happened. But I think I just booted a kernel off an
unmounted file system.
5) Because of #4 you can build and try to boot dirt. Lilo will save you IFF
you don't break your old kernel. (and modules).
6) The kernel HOW-TO looks hopelessly out of date. IT IS NOT. It reveals the
important things to know about lilo, but it doesn't say "These are the
important things to know".
6)Modules are cool.
7) When you get an answer from the GNHLUG, wait! Any even better answer is
coming.
Now to see if I can talk to my X10 gadgets...
Thanks to all of you again...
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