Re: reiserfs

[Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il>]

On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 17:38, Rohan Nicholls wrote:
> At Tue, 28 Oct 2003 00:14:01 +0200,
> Micha Feigin wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 18:03, Rohan Nicholls wrote:
> > > At 27 Oct 2003 10:31:01 -0500,
> > > Vivek Kumar wrote:
> > 
> > You need the kernel-package package, don't remember what others
> > (libncurses or something like that for the graphic setup).
> > You then do a make xconfig/menuconfig to config the kernel (It can be
> > hard the first few times) and then to build the kernel (debian way):
> > make-kpkg --revision=<pick a personal version> kernel-image
> > You will then get a deb one directory up which you install using
> > dpkg -i kernel-image-<version>.deb
> > Try looking in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz after you install
> > the package.
> 
> Damn, that sounds really easy, people have mentioned on the list how
> easy it is, and that proves it.  The linux kernel is surprisingly easy
> to configure and compile, which is amazing considering its complexity.
> 
> Thanks for that.
> 
> rohan

Compiling the kernel is easy. The hard part is configuring it the first
few times (untill you start understanding what the options are.)
It does give you a few defaults. You can also install a stock kernel and
copy /boot/config-<version> to .config which will give you a starting
point.
The problem is that it is a serious overkill for a non-generic kernel.

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Micha Feigin
michf@math.tau.ac.il