Best kernel-building procedure

2003-08-14 Thread David
I've been experimenting with my kernel-building procedure.. I've been building kernel-images for a while.. since I'm on dialup, and it takes so long to download the complete source every time, I keep the kernel-source..orig file.. currently I have 2.4.21... I then download the current "kernel-so

Re: Best kernel-building procedure

2003-08-14 Thread David
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:49:10AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:20:32PM -0500, David wrote: > > Are you talking about the kernel.org packages here? The diff'ing I'm > > talking about is where you get say, > > kernel-source-2.4.21-2.4.21-orig.tar.gz from Debian, and apply

Re: Best kernel-building procedure

2003-08-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 09:51:01AM -0500, David wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:49:10AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:20:32PM -0500, David wrote: > > > Are you talking about the kernel.org packages here? The diff'ing > > > I'm talking about is where you get say, > >

Re: Best kernel-building procedure

2003-08-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:20:32PM -0500, David wrote: > Are you talking about the kernel.org packages here? The diff'ing I'm > talking about is where you get say, > kernel-source-2.4.21-2.4.21-orig.tar.gz from Debian, and apply, say, > kernel-source-2.4.21-2.4.21-4.diff.tar.gz, from Debian.. Thi

Re: Best kernel-building procedure

2003-08-14 Thread David
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 05:56:03PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've been building kernel-images for a while.. since I'm on dialup, and > > it takes so long to download the complete source every time, I keep the > > kernel-source..orig file.. currently I ha

Re: Best kernel-building procedure

2003-08-14 Thread David Z Maze
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been building kernel-images for a while.. since I'm on dialup, and > it takes so long to download the complete source every time, I keep the > kernel-source..orig file.. currently I have 2.4.21... > > I then download the current "kernel-source..diff" and a