Ok..since the kernel hasn't been recompiled befor you don't have a .config
So you WILL have to do a make config on it. Then make clean zimage etc etc..
(read the kernel howto). If it had already been recompiled all you would have
to do is edit the .config file and remake your kernel and modules.
> During a recompilation, will linux actually detect my existing config as
> default values for the various questions in make config? My worry is that i
> might make a wrong answer, and mess up. Although i can have the current
> image in lilo.conf as backup during bootup, the server is on a slow end, so
> i want to avoid recompiling due to access reasons.
Umm, no the kernel compile won't detect anything. I'm not sure what it would do
if you did a make zImage (or bzImage, or zlilo etc) without first doing make
config (menuconfig or xconfig). Just make sure you know what you need to know
about you system befor you start. And if you run into anything that you arn't
sure about the config process has a decent help system and there is allways the
list :)
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