Actually, I think the README does mention oldconfig...it also mentions
plain old "config"...config works well, if you don't mind answering Y/N/M
all over the place...but if you don't have X running, and the system
doesn't recognize that you have ncurses (even though the one I'm using
does), config is the way to go.
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Neil Hollow wrote:
>
> > Cheers Mikkel,
> > I wondered whether the path may not be correct to run make. One last
> > question - do I run make oldconfig first then one of the others menuconfig
> > xconfig or is oldconfig equivalent to these? I've read my "running Linux"
> > book and my "linux in easy steps" and the kernel howto and non of them
> > mention oldconfig at all. Cheers NH.
> >
> Run "make oldconfig" first. Then run your choice of "make menuconfig"
> or "make xconfig". I am not sure why the documention doesn't mention
> oldconfig. I have found it handy when I don't have the ".config" file
> for the current kernel. It gives you a base to start from when
> selecting what you want in your new kernel.
>
> Mikkel
>
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