> I am obviously a newbie, because I am asking such rudimentary questions. My > first concerns the act of (re)compiling the kernel. I have been doing some reading on the matter. What is unclear to me at this point is what actually constitutes compiling the kernel. For example, if I change some parameters in my XF86config file, did I just recompile the kernel? If I reconfigure LILO, did I recompile. Does complilation only refer to the vmlinuz file? My understanding is this, the conf files are all a modular part of the core kernel that is loaded at boot (vmlinuz). So by this understanding, anytime I modify or add any configuration file, I just recompiled the kernel. I would sure appreciate any wisdom on this topic. I am very much looking forward to the installfest that is coming up. -Spencer Underground