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Postby agent007 » Mon May 26, 2003 6:11 am

hi all,

When compiling a new kernel, I need it to import the settings of the current one.......How do i go about doing this?

thanks.
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Postby Calum » Mon May 26, 2003 9:40 am

according to this handy guide, you need to "cp /boot/config .config".
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Postby Tux » Mon May 26, 2003 11:22 am

Assuming you are already in the directory you extracted the new kernel to. eg linux-2.4.20
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Postby agent007 » Mon May 26, 2003 12:06 pm

Thanks guys!!! That link was very handy indeed..... :D :D
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Postby Void Main » Mon May 26, 2003 4:58 pm

Hmmm, I mention that in my kernel instructions:

http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net/redhat/re ... ource.html
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