Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with new install

[Dan Cowsill]

On 15/10/2010 10:47 AM, Mike Diehl wrote:
> On Friday 15 October 2010 11:40:34 am Florian Philipp wrote:
>> Instead of your brute-force "yes to all" approach, newer kernels also
>> support `make localyesconfig` which takes all modules currently used in
>> the running kernel and compiles them into the new kernel. It is very
>> helpful when you already have a good but generic kernel like the one on
>> your live CD.
>
> Oh now this is cool.  Thank you.  I'll try this, also.
>

I agree, that is pretty cool!

My two cents:  Don't discount the possibility of hardware failure.  Is
the device new, or old?  Have you kept an eye on the SMART attributes of
the device?

Cheers,
D