On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 03:46:34PM -0800, Spencer Underground wrote: >> I am obviously a newbie, because I am asking such rudimentary questions. My >> first concerns the read the kernel how-to at linux documentation project homepage. > >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Ben Lutgens cell: 612.670.4789 telnet bofh.jive.org 666 Sistina Software Inc. work: 612.379.5941 System Administrator http://www.sistina.com/ Sistina is hiring, see http:/www.sistina.com/Pages/jobs.html for details -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010211/44d1887b/attachment.pgp