ok, ethan. you've made some very good points on all counts. i concede and have changed my knowledge base accordingly. :-) pete On Thu 14 Dec 00, 5:41 PM, Ethan Benson said... > On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 02:50:21PM -0200, Christoph Simon wrote: > > > > Actually, I did use this since quite a while, but then, there is at > > least one situation, when it doesn't (can't) work: If I compile the > > same kernel with different options (for instance to test tuning > > options), calling them, say 2.2.18a and 2.2.18b, it will not read > > normally The Right System.map file. It's a pitty, that this is not > > taken from the kernel's name (vmlinux-2.2.18a). But of course this > > isn't even possible since the kernel is loaded much earlier than any > > file system... > > i assume you mean just compiling two different versions of plain > 2.2.18, your correct you will have a collision on the > System.map-2.2.18 files, but more importantly you will have a > collision of /lib/modules/2.2.18. there is a very simple solution to > this, edit the kernel top level Makefile and add a value to > EXTRAVERSION. then your uname -r output will be say 2.2.18-1 and your > System.map and modules will be named appropriately. and everything > still finds it fine. > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ -- Just upgraded to Woody? Don't have permission to run X? linux In Xwrapper.config, change allowed_users from root to console. - ------------------------------------------------------------------ ._. To err is human, to forgive is divine. p@belial.ucdavis.edu /v\ To oink is porcine, to meow is feline. http://www.dirac.org/p // \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ^^ ^^ GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D rules
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