> My laptop has an old customized kernel based on 2.4.18. I'd like to > upgrade it, but I dread the prospect of going through all the > customization steps (those weren't happy days trying to build a kernel > that would work on my laptop). Is there any way that I can build an > upgraded kernel while preserving as much of the current kernel's > customization as possible? > > Thanks! > > kj > I do everything as a user named kernel. It's supposed to be more proper. cp /boot/config-2.x.x /home/kernel/compiles/kernel-source-2.x.x/.config make oldconfig #might prompt, if there are new kernel options make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=whatever.1.0 kernel_image Although, if I were you, I'd check if the new stock kernel didn't work first. -Josh -- xplanet -body earth -transpng a.png -geometry "300x300-0+0" -origin sun My politics : http://satp.blogspot.com Programmer
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