On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 09:53, anton wrote:
> Hey all,
> I am going to try and step into the realm of the big boys (and girls) 
> and compile me a kernel. However, I have been googling for a bit and 
> there don't appear to be any nice wee howtos for 2.6.0 for newbies. In 
> fact, I can't actually find any proper howtos at all, for newbies or 
> other.

Well there's always

HowTo Upgrade To The 2.6 Kernel
http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/799


>  the lovely chappies at the tldp have gone and removed their 
> kernel howto... Anyone got any idea where I could get a copy?

psst. hey bud, you can still get it
http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Kernel-HOWTO.html

> Cheers
> Anton
> ps why did they take it down? Why can't it be reviewed while still 
> sitting there? Did/does it have "secrets"? "lies"?...

It does actually make good policy to downline such install guides until
you've confirmed that it's not going to break anything. Why? Here's the
payoff matrix of online vs trouble

online & trouble - Everybody installing thinks "what crack're they on?"
online & no trouble - how things should be
offline & trouble - Updated docs now reflect and resolve such issues
offline & no trouble - annoy a few people

The potential for damage, expecially reputational damage, is becoming of
such issue these days that it makes sense to take it down for a few
days.

-- 
Paul Wilkins


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