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Apparently, though unproven, at 19:47 on Friday 15 October 2010, Mike Diehl |
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did opine thusly: |
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> > Instead of your brute-force "yes to all" approach, newer kernels also |
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> > support `make localyesconfig` which takes all modules currently used in |
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> > the running kernel and compiles them into the new kernel. It is very |
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> > helpful when you already have a good but generic kernel like the one on |
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> > your live CD. |
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> Oh now this is cool. Thank you. I'll try this, also. |
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You could also copy the working kernel and it's modules off the LiveCD onto |
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the hard disk. It won't be perfect but at least you'd have something that |
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works and can boot to assist troubleshooting. Booting and running off LiveCDs |
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is both convenient and painful. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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