Corey Miller wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Brian Mays wrote: > > > A good way to do this is to use the kernel-source and kernel-package > > packages. After installing both packages, do the following (as root): > > > > [detailed compilation instructions snipped] > > Please excuse my newbie-ness to the Debian world, but I was > wondering what advantages one gets from compiling the kernel the debian > way, rather then the standard make zImage? Thanks,
One important advantage for me was that make config would abort on my system, whereas make-kpkg gets through most of the compile. The normal make has an error with ls seeing an illegal "y" switch (for me) but the make-kpkg somehow avoids that error. Yout mileage will almost certainly vary, however. > > Corey Miller > > --- > Corey Miller "This looks like a job for ..... legal tender!" > MSTie #71940 -The Tick > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.egr.msu.edu/~mille542/ > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mary bought a pair of skates upon the ice to frisk now wasn't that a crazy way her sweet young *? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
