On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 14:39 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Jean-Baptiste Mestelan: > > On 15/01/2008, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > make menuconfig && make && make modules_install, maybe? This always > > > works, on any distribution. I still wonder why they all invent their > > > own, special way of compiling a kernel. > > > > Sure, this will work. > > This also presumes that you know your way through menuconfig. > > Another option would be to start with the kernel/modules that come with your > LiveCD. Since you bootet the CD from it, you know it works. > > > > I still wonder why they all invent their own, special > > > way of compiling a kernel. > > > > Probably to leave the choice to users, and allow someone to compile a > > kernel without having in-depth knowledge of one's hardware and kernel > > options ?
how about just providing a .config file then? -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> Windows 2000 will be released as soon as Windows 98 finishes loading. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
