On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 12:39 -0700, sean wrote: > Where is there documentation on each of the modules/options > available for kernel-2.4.27. I'm trying to compile the kernel > and some of these parameters, I really don't know what I'm doing. > Esp. when It gets into chip support, flash support, Pentium VS. > Pentium-pro/i586/etc. options. I'm compiling on a Pentium 90MHZ > system which is a Compaq from 1995. This system has CD-ROM, > floppy, pci network/sound card. It works with the debian pre- > compiled package kernel-image-2.4.27-speakup if that helps. > Obviously, I need to know which options are important for my > system to boot.
If your system boots from pre-compiled binaries, what's the problem? Besides: 1. You're a newbie. Take a while (many months) learning Linux and just absorbing the relevant knowledge. 2. Compiling a modern kernel on a 9 year old box is *painfully* slow. Don't do it unless you really know what you are doing. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on politicians and journalists." Henrik Ibsen
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