Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-14 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:02:28AM -0600, John Foster wrote: > Joseph Jones wrote: > > >I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the > >newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's > >NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install from. Could

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-11 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 03:00 GMT, Paul Stolp penned: > * Monique Y. Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-11 05:43]: >> >> Btw, I just discovered that lilo bug #222098 appears to still be live >> in 1:22.5.8-6. It prevents me from running lilo successfully. So >> caveat emptor and all that ... >

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-11 Thread Paul Stolp
* Monique Y. Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-11 05:43]: > > Btw, I just discovered that lilo bug #222098 appears to still be live in > 1:22.5.8-6. It prevents me from running lilo successfully. So caveat > emptor and all that ... Hmm, same problem here. looked for a bug report, didn't see i

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Joseph Jones
Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 16:02 GMT, John Foster penned: Joseph Jones wrote: I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Burkhard Woelfel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 10 December 2003 20:35, H. S. wrote: > So now if I use mrproper, I *always* save my .config to some other > directory, in my case in a tmp in a user's home. > ->HS That's what I am doing for every kernel I compile, for every one of my mac

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 19:35 GMT, H. S. penned: > Monique Y. Herman wrote: > >> >> dselect #get latest kernel src package cd >> /usr/src/kernel-source- make mrproper #clean any leftover >> compile stuff > > I tried this a few days ago, but I hadn't read the makefile to know > what mrproper was d

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread H. S.
Monique Y. Herman wrote: dselect #get latest kernel src package cd /usr/src/kernel-source- make mrproper #clean any leftover compile stuff I tried this a few days ago, but I hadn't read the makefile to know what mrproper was doing and I lost my old config file which I had renamed, IIRC, as .conf

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 16:02 GMT, John Foster penned: > Joseph Jones wrote: > >> I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the >> newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my >> laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install >> from. Could anyone

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread John Foster
Joseph Jones wrote: I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install from. Could anyone advise me as to how I do this, if possible in relation to the ins

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-09 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:00:16PM +, Joseph Jones wrote: > I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the > newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's > NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network