Re: Why compiling.

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:20:05 -0400
Gary Dale <garydale@rogers.com> wrote:

> On 10/07/12 04:22 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Ma, 10 iul 12, 15:08:52, Celejar wrote:
> >> And why do I care whether the kernel I compile locally for a
> >> specific machine is portable?
> > Imagine a situation where due to whatever reason the kernel image of
> > your router machine gets corrupted, then you can just copy the file from
> > another machine ;)
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Andrei
> Or if you need to change your hardware. Or if you want to use your drive 
> to boot another machine - such as for testing or demonstration purposes.

Well, you were the one suggesting that one only needs a custom kernel
for special, unusual cases. I daresay that for most users of linux,
removing a HDD to boot another machine for testing or demonstration
purposes is rather a special case ...

> Having a portable kernel is a lot simpler than trying to rescue a 
> non-bootable machine from a live CD.

True - but then I can just grab a distro stock kernel before I swap
HDDs.

Celejar