Re: understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread Chris Bannister
Please don't top post on this mailing list. On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 04:22:30PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Actually the problem is i am trying to install KVM guest windows 7 64 bit. > during the installation everything went well. but when guest start for the > first time my KVM guest sho

Re: understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 03:20:36 -0400 (EDT), Muhammad Yousuf wrote: > > actually i never compile or patch any kernel before for some reasons and > learning i am installing kernel 3.16 stable with patch. > now the question is when i visit kernel.org website i see 3.16 kernel and > patch and inc.patch.

Re: understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Thanks Dervin, for the encouragement and it is really nice to know that there is a community exist for newbies as well.i will definitly start working on your given information it is very helpful. just sharing to all after lots of efforts and updates nothing has achieved so far. started a new email

Re: understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread Devrin Talen
Muhammad Yousuf Khan writes: > So my KVM host is not a production server so i thought it is a best time to > play with the kernal patching because i am working on linux for years but > never > perform such task i always rely on default/stable debian repository but this > is > a first time i am

Re: understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread idiotei...@gmail.com
On 23/10/2014 14:22, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: Actually the problem is i am trying to install KVM guest windows 7 64 bit. during the installation everything went well. but when guest start for the first time my KVM guest shows "booting from harddirve..." and struck. my "/var/log/libvirt/qem

Re: understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Actually the problem is i am trying to install KVM guest windows 7 64 bit. during the installation everything went well. but when guest start for the first time my KVM guest shows "booting from harddirve..." and struck. my "/var/log/libvirt/qemu/(myguestfile) show this >KVM: entry

Re: understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread Raffaele Morelli
On 23/10/14 at 03:37pm, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Thanks for your guidence, > can you please share that i do not see kernel architecture on the website. > does that kernel file contain both x86 and amd64? > ...of course it does. But, do you know what are you doing? -- « Nunc est bibendum,

Re: understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Thanks for your guidence, can you please share that i do not see kernel architecture on the website. does that kernel file contain both x86 and amd64? On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:51 PM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com < tv.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 23/10/2014 10:20, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >

Re: understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 23/10/2014 10:20, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: actually i never compile or patch any kernel before for some reasons and learning i am installing kernel 3.16 stable with patch. now the question is when i visit kernel.org website i see 3.16 kernel and patch and inc.patch. i can understand what i

understanding kernel compilation and

2014-10-23 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
actually i never compile or patch any kernel before for some reasons and learning i am installing kernel 3.16 stable with patch. now the question is when i visit kernel.org website i see 3.16 kernel and patch and inc.patch. i can understand what is patch it could be a fix to some bugs but what is