Re: Newbie and the custom Kernel!!!!!
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On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Person, Rod wrote:
> Secondly, if I do decide to hack around with the deb package will this
> totally F*** my system leaving me to start from scratch -- I built my
> Debian from total ftp downloads - no CDs! I spent a month finding and
> downloading everything! I don't want to go there again. At least not so
> soon!!
After building a new kernel, if you determine that it doesn't work, you
can still boot to your old kernel and be OK. Just don't overwrite your
old kernel with the new one. For example, I have a couple of kernels on
my system, and can boot to either one easily. I have /zImage and
/zImage.old. There's an entry in /etc/lilo.conf for each one. If you
want to see what the lilo.conf looks like, let me know (I don't have
access to it now).
Building a custom kernel REALLY isn't as scary as it sounds. It's not
really as cryptic as people say, you just need to know a little bit about
the hardware in your system (i.e. what SCSI controller you have, if you
use SCSI, and what kind of sound card you have, if you want sound
support.).
noah
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