Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-13 Thread Bernard Adrian
Ismael Valladolid Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : [...] > The more customized your kernel to your system, the better. But often > improvements don't compensate the amount of work it requires to end up > with a kernel fully optimized to your system. > > I usually use Debian kernel's config

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-13 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
Bernard Adrian escribe: > Should i understand my system would work better if i install the same > kernel without initrd ? The more customized your kernel to your system, the better. But often improvements don't compensate the amount of work it requires to end up with a kernel fully optimized to yo

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible > permutations and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any > advantages for a custom kernel. Manoj Srivastava writes: > Well, I have a fully encrypted laptop hard drive, apart from a 42MB /boot > (including encrypted

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:30:19 -0600, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Amit Joshi writes: >> What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd? > For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible > permutations and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any > advantages fo

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Bernard Adrian
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Initrd is an extra bit of complexity at bootup but it makes no difference > once the system is up. Don't worry about it. Ok. Thanks ! -- Bernard Adrian http://www.bernadrian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Bernard Adrian
Bernard Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : [...] > I'm compiling a custom kernel (2.6.1) with initrd for my system (AMD K6-II 64 Oups : i wanted to say kernel 2.6.17 and no 2.6.1 -- Bernard Adrian http://www.bernadrian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread John Hasler
Bernard Adrian writes: > Should i understand my system would work better if i install the same > kernel without initrd ? Initrd is an extra bit of complexity at bootup but it makes no difference once the system is up. Don't worry about it. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Bernard Adrian
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible permutations > and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any advantages for a custom > kernel. Huh, I'm compiling a custom kernel (2.6.1) with initrd for my system (AMD K6-II 64 Mo RA

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-12 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Amit Joshi wrote: On Saturday 11 November 2006 22:00, John Hasler wrote: Amit Joshi writes: What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd? For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible permutations and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any advantages for a custom

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread Amit Joshi
On Saturday 11 November 2006 22:00, John Hasler wrote: > Amit Joshi writes: > > What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd? > > For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible permutations > and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any advantages for a custom > kernel.

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread John Hasler
Amit Joshi writes: > What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd? For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible permutations and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any advantages for a custom kernel. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread Amit Joshi
On Saturday 11 November 2006 20:00, Wackojacko wrote: > Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> make menuconfig > >> make-kpkg --revision 1 kernel_image > > > > Don't you end up with an initrd that way? I admit to never wasting my > > time with

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread Wackojacko
Marc Wilson wrote: On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: make menuconfig make-kpkg --revision 1 kernel_image Don't you end up with an initrd that way? I admit to never wasting my time with kernel-package, but I thought you couldn't avoid one if you insisted on using

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-11 Thread Marc Wilson
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > make menuconfig > make-kpkg --revision 1 kernel_image Don't you end up with an initrd that way? I admit to never wasting my time with kernel-package, but I thought you couldn't avoid one if you insisted on using it. -- Marc Wil

RE: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-10 Thread Mike Kuhar
I went to compile a vanilla kernel from kernel.org, and so read the directions at the Debian site. They seem to me to be needlessly complicated. Is there something in Debian which would prevent me from compiling a kernel the good old fashioned way -- make menuconfig make && make modules_instal

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-10 Thread Amit Joshi
On Saturday 11 November 2006 00:56, Ed wrote: > I went to compile a vanilla kernel from kernel.org, and so read the > directions at the Debian site. They seem to me to be needlessly > complicated. Is there something in Debian which would prevent me from > compiling a kernel the good old fashioned

Re: Kernel compile the old way

2006-11-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ed wrote: I went to compile a vanilla kernel from kernel.org, and so read the directions at the Debian site. They seem to me to be needlessly complicated. Is there something in Debian which would prevent me from compiling a kernel the good old fashioned way -- make menuconfig make && make m