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From: Jeff Cranmer <jcranmer01@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.22-r9 installation problems
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:36:17
Message-Id: 200711181528.35647.jcranmer01@earthlink.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.22-r9 installation problems by "b.n."
1 On Sunday 18 November 2007 03:42:53 pm b.n. wrote:
2 > Jeff Cranmer ha scritto:
3 > > I have just tried to install the latest 2.6.22-r9 kernel
4 > > I copied the config file across from the present 2.6.17.r8 installed
5 > > kernel, then recompiled.
6 >
7 > [...]
8 >
9 > > Can anyone point me in the direction of why the new kernel will not boot,
10 > > while the old one boots fine?
11 >
12 > Didn't you run "make oldconfig" ? I don't know how safe it is to copy
13 > and use a .config directly between different major revisions of the kernel.
14 >
15 > m.
16
17 I did not. What is the procedure for doing this, and what exactly does it
18 accomplish?
19
20 Thanks
21
22 Jeff
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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.22-r9 installation problems Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>