On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 02:44:43PM -0600, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 02:36:20PM -0600, Florin Iucha wrote: > > apt-get install fakeroot kernel-package libncurses5-dev > > #extract kernel > > #configure kernel > > fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=custom1 kernel-image > > #get coffee > > su - > > dpkg -i ../kernel-image-$VER_custom1_i386.deb > > Sounds complicated. > > # wget kernel.org/linux-foo.tbz2 > # extract > # zcat /proc/config.gz > .config ; make menuconfig > # make install modules_install /me knows he shouldn't feed the troll The difference is that Florin's kernel is managed by the package manager and yours is not. After a few kernel upgrades Florin can `dpkg -r kernel-image-$VER` and have a clean system. You'll have to walk around and remove the kernel, system map, and modules by hand. What's the point of using a distro with a package manager if you're just going to dirty the system with unpackaged files? Nate