Re: kernel-package??
On Thursday 30 April 2009 11:09:49 Dave Patterson wrote:
> * Randy Patterson <tech@patterson-pcc.com> [2009-04-30 10:28:00 -0500]:
> > I guess I assumed that kernel-package was to build the kernel from the
> > source used by the current Debian distro installed. So if that's not the
> > case and I decided to use the latest stable from kernel.org, is it
> > advantageous to use kernel-package or find a good howto and learn to
> > build and install using a more low level approach. I'm mainly looking at
> > just optimizing the config file for a particular systems to building a
> > leaner meaner kernel. I have some older systems that don't do anything
> > but grid computing. I thought if I removed a lot of the stuff that wasn't
> > being used in the kernel I could speed these up a little.
>
> Yup, I do that, and I use kernel-package to do it. It's a very
> versatile wrapper script that calls the necessary commands to do the
> actual compiling of the kernel and and then builds a debian package
> which you can then install with 'dpkg -i'.
>
> the configuration of the kernel you do prior to using kernel-package,
> usually thru an ncurseѕ, qt, or gtk interface.
>
> Good tutorial here:
>
> <http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html>
Dave, with a last name like yours I must assume that this is excellent advice!
:-) Thanks for everyone's input. I will now travel down the kernel-package
road.
Randy
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