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On 2010-03-09 8:36 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> Today is when running a lilo menu with "production" and "experimental" |
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> kernels saved me. "production" is 2.6.30-r8. "experimental" is |
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> 2.6.31-r6 or 2.6.31-r10 (same problems with either one). I set |
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> /usr/src/linux to point at 2.6.31-r6 (or 10), copied .config from |
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> 2.6.30-r8 and ran "make oldconfig". |
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I *never* use make oldconfig between major kernel versions... |
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I do as the kernel upgrade guide says - when going between major |
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versions (yes, even one), copy the old .config to the new kernel dir, |
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then run make menuconfig, and make sure all of your critical options are |
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set. This is much safer, though it does take more time. |
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I've been wondering though - how well does genkernel work now? I've |
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never used it... |
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Charles |
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