Re: Where to get prefilled config files for Kernels from?

From: Eternally (m_at_r.com)
Date: 09/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:21:03 GMT

"David" <thunderbolt01@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:uHGcb.577846$Ho3.105894@sccrnsc03...
> Eternally wrote:
> > "David" <thunderbolt01@netscape.net> wrote in message
> >>
> >> I would try it like this. make mrproper cp the
> >> 2.4.19/.config file over to 2.4.20/.config
> >>
> >> make oldconfig answer any questions it may ask.
> >
> > The main problem is, that I don't know the answers to most of
> > the questions. If in doubt, should I say no, or should I have
> > it install as a module, or should I take the default value?
>
> It depends what kind of questions and what your system requires.
> You could always run "menuconfig" afterwards and go through and
> see what the "help" sections tell you.
>
> After I do an install the kernel is one of the first things that
> gets compiled specifically for what the system needs. I ALWAYS
> save the config to an alternate file so that if I need to
> recompile it for some reason.

Yeah, I mean...I know my hardware....but only to a certain extent.
Like, I've got an:

AMD Athlon XP 1800+ processor
ECS K7S5A motherboard
NVIDIA AGP Riva TNT2 64 Video card
Creative Soundblaster Live Sound Card
SIS 900 PCI Ethernet
Promise Ultra100 TX2 IDE Controller Card
With 512 mb PC2100 memory

But as far as what drivers I should use for communicating with the bus or
PCI slots..., or other more techinical hardware questions....<shrugs> You
got me.

Guess though if I just choose to load it as a module....I'm safe, right? In
fact, if there's a way to find out which modules are loaded, why not just
start from scratch and load everything as a module. Then get a list of what
gets loaded and recompile the kernel based on that. Possible? Sure
upgrades might screw things up, but ussually when I do an upgrade, it's a
major upgrade and I reinstall the OS.

Thanks for all your help!

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