On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Ted Hilts blurted out:

TH>I arranged for a custom built computer for a data base server.
TH>Apparently the kernel was recompiled to provide for special options.  If
TH>I were to upgrade the software installation including the kernel I might
TH>lose those options.  So my question is this:  How do I look into the
TH>system to discover how it was actually compiled (assuming the kernel was
TH>not compiled elsewhere and simply dropped into the system). What
TH>directories, files, and command line queries are necessary for me to
TH>develop this information.

If memory serves:

cd /usr/src/linux
make oldconfig

will recreate the last config file. For that matter it may also already
exist in /usr/src/linux.

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