On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 06:59:48AM -0700, debian@toursbymexico.com wrote: > I have a doubt about kernel compilation. Two days ago I compiled by hand > 2.6.31.6 and it crashed during the boot process. The configuration was > made by hand, starting from the default configuration and perhaps I missed > something. > > Since I had to restore my old slackware bakcup to recover some files and > information, I got a copy of the already running (at slack) 2.6.31.6 > kernel configuration that is finely tuned for my desktop... my question > is: can I simply load such kernel configuration in the 'make xconfig' that > is working (same desktop and cpu configuration) and compile it with > debian? I mean, it is the same computer and hardware, the same kernel > version, etc. Yes. In addition, I would highly recommend using kernel-package to compile your kernel to generate a deb. Here's a nice primer: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html > More specific: Does Debian require a special kernel configuration due to > its libraries/configuration or am I able just to load the kernel config > and install it now on Debian? In theory it should work with any > distribution, as far as I know it should match only the hardware... No. I use vanilla kernels with not problems. But I use kernel-package to build a deb and install it, so that it does grub installation etc. automagically. HTH. Kumar -- The chat program is in public domain. This is not the GNU public license. If it breaks then you get to keep both pieces. (Copyright notice for the chat program)
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