On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:28:17 -0600 Scot Jenkins <scot at thinkunix.net> wrote: > "make mrproper" will wipe out any changes you had in your .config; > I think it reverts back to using the default one that comes with the > kernel source. > Yeah, I missed that little caveat on the instructions. Oh well. Next time I'll know I can skip that step. > depends on what you're doing with the system. for a firewall, > definitely use a monolithic kernel (no modules) and put as little as > possible into the kernel. for a laptop, make it all modular as > unloading modules frees up memory, although since 2.2.x kernels and > up, unused modules don't automatically unload anymore. they used to > after a minute of non-use under 2.0.x kernels, back in the good old > days. I never understood why the newer kernels don't unload the > unused modules. > Desktop, server, etc primarily. If it's going to be a static system where very little is going to change in terms of hardware, even for a laptop, I think the monolithic kernel (thanks for the descriptor) would be better. Even if the modules do unload, I'd rather not have them if not needed. > ouch! if you're building a 2.4.x kernel, it will take a while. You > can compile a kernel on a faster system and just move it over to > save time. I've done this in the past and it works great. Yeah, 2.4 kernel. Actually, 2.4.18... I know it's got security vulnerabilities, but it's getting wiped out this weekend, so I don't care. Maybe it'll be done by tomorrow morning when I wake up. ;) -- Shawn "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear." -Mark Twain Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list