[ale] Kernel Upgrade question

[Jim Philips]

I don't know that there is a list of all the things RedHat includes in
its standard kernel. The best starting point is to download a new kernel
and begin playing. Do "make xconfig" for the config part and save your
configs off to a file that can be reloaded. That way you can make
progress and not kill things that are working. And I would make a boot
floppy of your existing kernel and a separate floppy for your new
kernel, so you always have a way to boot to a working kernel. If it's
your first time, just keep reading the help offered in make xconfig. You
can learn a lot about what you need and don't need.


On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 16:53, Charles Marcus wrote:
> Hmmm...
> 
> This is a redhat 7.2 box, and the /usr/src directory is there, but empty...
> 
> Anyplace else these could be?  I'm basically just looking for a good starting point.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Charles
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Philips [mailto:jcphil at mindspring.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 4:13 PM
> > To: Charles Marcus
> > Cc: Ale (E-mail)
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Kernel Upgrade question
> > 
> > 
> > See the file .config in /usr/src/linux.
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 16:08, Charles Marcus wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I'm gonna try my hand at compiling some kernels for 
> > practice, and was wondering...
> > > 
> > > Is there s way to find/list/print the flags (options) that 
> > were chosen with the current kernel?  I mean, are these saved 
> > somewhere in the sources, or the headers, or somwehere?
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Charles
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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