Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

2005-10-31 Thread mikepolniak
On 17:18 Mon 31 Oct , John O'Hagan wrote: > Antony Gelberg wrote: > >John O'Hagan wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >> I'm looking for a brief summary of the differences between Debian kernel > >>sources (such as those provided by the linux-source-2.6* packages), and the > >>stock source from kerne

Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

2005-10-31 Thread Pooly
2005/10/31, Michael Rozhavsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi John, > > You need to do is remove the initrd line from the boot loaded > configuration file. > > If you are using lilo, the line looks like initrd=/initrd.img > Doh! That's why last time I built my kernel, even with ext3 and ide driver built

Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

2005-10-31 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On søndag 30 oktober 2005, 06:52, John O'Hagan wrote: > What do I need to be aware of if I use stock sources? I think I remember somewhere around when 2.6 released that Linus said something about him not seeing it as his role to provide end-user kernels. That's for distributors to do. I haven't

Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

2005-10-30 Thread Michael Rozhavsky
Hi John, You need to do is remove the initrd line from the boot loaded configuration file. If you are using lilo, the line looks like initrd=/initrd.img John O'Hagan wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:53 am, you wrote: > >>John O'Hagan wrote: >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I'm looking for a brief summary of

Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

2005-10-30 Thread John O'Hagan
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:53 am, you wrote: > John O'Hagan wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I'm looking for a brief summary of the differences between Debian kernel > >sources (such as those provided by the linux-source-2.6* packages), and > > the stock source from kernel.org. [...] > >What do I need to be aw

Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

2005-10-30 Thread John O'Hagan
Antony Gelberg wrote: >John O'Hagan wrote: >>Hi all, >> >> I'm looking for a brief summary of the differences between Debian kernel >>sources (such as those provided by the linux-source-2.6* packages), and the >>stock source from kernel.org. >> [...] >> >> What do I need to be aware of if I u

Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

2005-10-30 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Mitch Wiedemann wrote: > Here are two pointers for kernel building newbies: > > 1. Be sure that the code for your IDE chipset (if you're using IDE) is > built in to the kernel, rather than being built as a module. - ditto for sata chipset for sata disks > 2. Be sur

Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

2005-10-30 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
John O'Hagan wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm looking for a brief summary of the differences between Debian kernel >sources (such as those provided by the linux-source-2.6* packages), and the >stock source from kernel.org. > >The reason I ask is that I'm always keen to get the latest kernel, >particularl