Rick and Charles:
Thank you both for the in-depth answers. This really clears up a lot. I
will give it a shot tonight. :)
- Mike
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Rick Forrister wrote:
>
> Mike, Charles is correct on this. As installed there is no ".config"
> file in /usr/src/linux. After a "make --oldconfig" you'll have a copy
> of the one that was used to build the installed kernel.
>
> Depending on what you change, you may need to type "make --oldconfig"
> again, as I recall. What I generally do is the following:
>
> make --oldconfig
> -- this gives me the copy of the original .config file. I believe it's
> -- copied from /usr/src/linux/configs if there's no existing .config.
>
> -- now I edit and set raid to "n", Frame Buffering, if necessary, etc.
>
> make --oldconfig
> -- since there is an existing .config file in /usr/src/linux, it runs
> -- through that. What this does is to clean out any inconsistencies
> -- in the .config file. As an example, if you turn off Frame Buffering
> -- it would still build a number of modules if you didn't rerun make
> -- with the "--oldconfig" option. Check afterwards in your new .config
> -- and you'll find that the dependent modules on what you have switched
> -- off will no longer be there.
>
> then just complete the process with
>
> make dep
> make clean
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
>
> and then install the new kernel, which is in a ./arch subdirectory.
>
> rickf
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > If this is a fresh install of Red Hat 6.2, and I've never recompiled
> > the kernel, shouldn;t it be configured to the default that Red Hat
> > installed it? Or do I need to type make oldconfig to get it that way?
> > Sorry if I wasn't clear in my previous email.
>
> > - Mike
>
> > On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Charles Galpin wrote:
>
> > no. run 'make oldconfig' first. this will give you the settings your
> > installed kernel used.
> >
> > then, make whatever changes you want (like turing off raid).
> >
> > hth
> > charles
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Michael J. McGillick wrote:
> >
> > > Morning All:
> > >
> > > On the topic of rebuilding the kernel, is my assumption correct that
> > if I
> > > were to go into the /usr/src/linux directory, and follow the steps
> > to
> > > recompile the kernel, without making any changes to the
> > configuration, I
> > > should get back the same kernel that Red Hat installs by default,
> > and all
> > > of the same modules set up?
> > >
> > > The reason I ask this, is I've had mixed results in the past when
> > > recompiling. As the kernels keep changing, it's tough to determine
> > what
> > > needs to be left in, what should be compiled as a module, and what
> > should
> > > be removed. If the above statement is true, I would go into make
> > config,
> > > and remove the RAID stuff only, leaving everything else as is and
> > then
> > > recompile.
>
>
>
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