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From: Nick Khamis <symack@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 14:56:58
Message-Id: CAGWRaZaza8eyKW2iKY4MWGUNbTuk89kaFCc-0_LCz8Uejygsqg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines by Nick Khamis
1 I just realized that we were running 3.5.7 on the older systems, and
2 the current version is 3.7.10. Would I be cutting too many corners to
3 copy over the ..config from the older machine.
4
5 Thanks in Advance,
6
7 Nick.
8
9 On 5/12/13, Nick Khamis <symack@×××××.com> wrote:
10 > Thank you!!!
11 >
12 > On 5/12/13, staticsafe <me@××××××××××.ca> wrote:
13 >> On 5/11/2013 20:39, Nick Khamis wrote:
14 >>> Hello Everyone,
15 >>>
16 >>> Just running an installation on another IBM machine, and wanted to know
17 >>> which kernel config files can we copy over from one machine to another,
18 >>> and have the same exact modules etc copied over.
19 >>> Saw examples for genkern, but we build our own kernels. After copying
20 >>> the
21 >>> files over we like to run make and make modules_install on the new
22 >>> machine.
23 >>>
24 >>>
25 >>> Thanks in Advance,
26 >>>
27 >>> Nick.
28 >>>
29 >>
30 >> The .config in the kernel source directory.
31 >>
32 >> --
33 >> staticsafe
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Re: [gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>