Compiling a new Kernel.

[WipeOut]

Scott S. wrote:

>For future reference you may want to check out the
>/usr/src/<kernel-version>/configs directory.  It has all the config
>files for different architectures.
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Thanks Scott..

I was using the kernel source from kernel.org not from the SRPM that 
comes with FC.. I am trying to see if an SMP kernel built from 
kernel.org source is as unstable as the FC SMP kernels..

Later..

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>On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 04:42, Robert Vangel wrote:
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>>Yep
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>># cp /boot/config-bla.bla /usr/src/linux-version/.config
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>>WipeOut wrote:
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>>>Robert Vangel wrote:
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>>>Cool.. so do I just copy it to the /usr/src/linux-<version>/ directory 
>>>and rename it to .config?
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>>>>WipeOut wrote:
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>>>>>Ok, so it was suggested to me to have a go at compiling an SMP kernel 
>>>>>from the source's from kernel.org.. I was told to get the FC .config 
>>>>>file to use with the kernel.org source..
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>>>>>Where would I find the .config file? and once I have it where do I 
>>>>>put it?
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>>>>>( I am sure its pretty obvious I have not done this before )
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>>>>>Later..
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