* Randy Patterson <tech@patterson-pcc.com> [2009-04-30 10:28:00 -0500]: > > I guess I assumed that kernel-package was to build the kernel from the source > used by the current Debian distro installed. So if that's not the case and I > decided to use the latest stable from kernel.org, is it advantageous to use > kernel-package or find a good howto and learn to build and install using a more > low level approach. I'm mainly looking at just optimizing the config file for a > particular systems to building a leaner meaner kernel. I have some older > systems that don't do anything but grid computing. I thought if I removed a > lot of the stuff that wasn't being used in the kernel I could speed these up a > little. Yup, I do that, and I use kernel-package to do it. It's a very versatile wrapper script that calls the necessary commands to do the actual compiling of the kernel and and then builds a debian package which you can then install with 'dpkg -i'. the configuration of the kernel you do prior to using kernel-package, usually thru an ncurseѕ, qt, or gtk interface. Good tutorial here: <http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html> -- Cheers¸ Dave
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