From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:58:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:57:54 -0400 Received: from [216.151.155.121] ([216.151.155.121]:58125 "EHLO belphigor.mcnaught.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:57:44 -0400 To: "Rob" Cc: Subject: Re: configuring the kernel In-Reply-To: From: Doug McNaught Date: 08 Aug 2001 13:56:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: "Rob"'s message of "Wed, 8 Aug 2001 12:11:44 -0500" Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0806 (Gnus v5.8.6) XEmacs/21.1 (20 Minutes to Nikko) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Rob" writes: > 1-does "make menuconfig" require X to be installed? I dont have X, i just > have RH 7.1 with kernel dev and kernel sources installed (atleast those were > the ONLY things i had selected during install). No, all you need is the 'ncurses-devel' package. > 2-if i untared/unpacked the kernel to the folder /root/newkern (here is > where i did the "gzip -cd linux 2.4.7...... |tar xvf -" command) is it ok to > delete the newkern folder and unpack nd then do the "make menuconfig"? Yes, but this will reset your configuration to the defaults. If you want to preserve the choices you made and then modify them in menuconfig, save off the '.config' file before nuking, then move it into the newly unpacked directory. That said, you shouldn't have to remove the source tree. Simply do: $ make menuconfig $ make dep && make clean && make bzImage -Doug -- Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org/ We will return to our regularly scheduled signature shortly.