Re: Distributed Kernel options
On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Kenneth L. Summers wrote:
: > Hi,
: >
: > I think you need the config file from a distribution
: > kernel. On recent kernel, this is in /boot/config-<version>. You can
: > use dpkg -x kernel-image*.deb /tmp to extract the default kernel to
: > /tmp; look then in /tmp/boot for the config file; use kernel-package
: > to rebuild the kernel. (look at the docs for kernel-package)
: >
: > Is that coherent?
:
: Coherent? Yes. Did it work for me? Well... no. I did as you suggested, and
: downloaded the .deb file for the image I'm using (2.0.29). Unfortunately
: there is no configuration info anywhere in the extracted file. In the boot
: directory is a vmlinuz, a vmlinux, and a System.map. That's it. As far
: as I can tell there are no configuration files anywhere else.
:
: Any suggestions?
Isn't the .config file in the kernel-source package the same as the
distribution kernel?
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