[plug] kernel 2.6.4

[Shayne O'Neill]

been thru the x menu setup? I found it pretty straight forward.

That said, it seems knoppix reacts pretty violently to 2.6, so I'm waiting
for the next knop to come out (which aparently features 2.6)

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On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Onno Benschop wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> In my time I've compiled a few kernels and I'm not afraid to now,
> however I feel completely overwhelmed by the number of options - and
> even though there is help, often it's so terse that the information
> might as well have been removed.
>
> I've just downloaded kernel-source-2.6.4 from a debian mirror and I'm
> going through a HowTo - just to make sure I don't miss anything - and
> I'm at the point of running make gconfig.
>
> Options available to me sometimes are ticked and stay that way, even if
> the instructions tell me that the default is off.
>
> Where o where do I find a place that walks me through *all* the options
> so I can say, "Yes, that is what I want - and I understand what the
> implications will be..."
>
> I'm not afraid of reading, but reading the source seems a little
> over-kill just to compile a kernel IMHO.
>
> I'd just like my first 2.6.x kernel experience to be a positive one...
>
> FYI, I'm using the following docs as reference - and I will likely need
> to "fix" VMware so it still works:
>
>       * <http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm>
>       * <http://kerneltrap.org/note/view/799>
>       * <http://thomer.com/linux/migrate-to-2.6.html> (for VMware)
>       * <http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/readme.txt> (for VMware)
>
> These documents just gloss over the make config stage altogether...
>
> Tah muchly,
>
>
> Onno Benschop
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