Re: rescue-disk kernel

[Daniel Martin <dtm12@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>]

haphazard@socketis.net (Greg Norris) writes:

> I was wondering if anyone can point me to some information on what
> drivers are compiled-in (i.e. not modules) to the kernel on hamm's
> rescue-disk image?  I'm trying to generate an alternate rescue-disk
> containing the latest version of the aic7xxx SCSI driver, and I'd prefer
> to otherwise mimic the "normal" kernel as closely as possible.  I was
> able to find out what was compiled as modules by looking at the
> drivers-disk, but haven't been able to determine the full list of
> compiled-in options.
> 
> The intent is to get this alternate disk-image added to the aic7xxx site
> at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/aic/, alongside the Red Hat and S.u.S.E.
> bootdisk images.

I believe that if you install the debian kernel-source package, it
comes configured with the configuration used in the the kernel-image
packages, which is the configuration used on the boot disks.