Re: [SLE] Where is vmlinuz.config in 9.0??

From: Ken Schneider (suselist_at_rtsx.com)
Date: 02/29/04

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    From: Michael Satterwhite <michael@weblore.com>
    To: SUSE <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
    Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 12:38:28 -0600
    Subject: [SLE] Where is vmlinuz.config in 9.0??

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    > The SuSE 9.0 Administration Guide says that the most current
    > configuration is
    > in /boot/vmlinuz.config. It goes on to say that this file can be copied
    > to
    > the Linux source directory for a starting point.
    >
    > The problem is that this file doesn't exist. I've searched the archives
    > back
    > through November for the word config, but I don't see a reference to
    > it. I
    > can use cloneconfig, but there is no guarantee that I'm going to get
    > the
    > config in the kernel; cloneconfig asks questions about the
    > configuration.
    > Unless I know the answers used for the release kernel, there are going
    > to be
    > differences. I'd guess that taking the defaults on all questions
    > *MIGHT* be
    > OK, but I don't know.
    >
    > How do we get a starting point in 9.0??

    I have never installed a kernel from SuSE and -not- had the config file in
    /boot (config-<kernel version>. Also I have run make cloneconfig many
    times and have never been asked any questions.

    Ken 

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