Re: [gentoo-user] Boot hangs after install, no error

[Alex Schuster]

Dale writes:

> I don't use genkernel anymore.  I just roll my own. That way, I know
> what is in there and what is not.  Then if something doesn't work, I
> know if it is the kernel or something else.  With genkernel, you won't
> have a clue what it is since you don't know much if anything about the
> kernel and how it is configured.

That's not necessarily true. When I create a new kernel, I copy 
/usr/src/linux/.config into the new kernel directory, make oldconfig and 
menuconfig just as I like my kernel to be, and recreate the linux symlink 
to the new kernel directory. Then I do a genkernel --install --lvm --luks 
all && emerge -a @module-rebuild, and am done.
I never noticed genkernel changing anything in my configuration, .config, 
/proc/config.gz and the stuff in /etc/kernels/ are identical. Until not 
long ago, I did not even know that genkernel was intended to create a 
working kernel from scratch.

	Wonko