| 1 |
On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:24:26 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
|
| 4 |
> Or alternatively it seems one could just use /proc/config.gz as |
| 5 |
> /usr/src/linux/.config and run it manually. Except I'm at a loss as |
| 6 |
> to how an intitrd is built manually from a kernel compile. |
| 7 |
|
| 8 |
You don't need an initrd when compiling your own kernel. genkernel uses |
| 9 |
it because it needs modules for everything, including the kitchen sink, |
| 10 |
available to the kernel before mounting the root filesystem. Compiling |
| 11 |
them into the kernel would make it bloated. When you compile a kernel |
| 12 |
manually, you choose which modules you need in the kernel, build those in |
| 13 |
and either leave the rest out or compile them as separate modules. |
| 14 |
|
| 15 |
Genkernel is intended to make things easier, and it may do when things |
| 16 |
work as they should, but I find it makes life more difficult when |
| 17 |
anything goes wrong. Building a kernel manually is not rocket science, it |
| 18 |
is easier in the long run. |
| 19 |
|
| 20 |
|
| 21 |
-- |
| 22 |
Neil Bothwick |
| 23 |
|
| 24 |
An expert is nothing more than an ordinary person away from home. |
Archives