Stupid kernel question

[Brent Harding]

What's the deal of redhat and kernel any ways?
Does redhat's kernel compiling differ from debian's or slackware's? I may
soon be accessing a redhat site, so am wondering about some of these
differences, I'm lost with debian and rc.d files, how to make things right,
and no netconfig utility, if I use my base bootstrap to config network and
do no more, on an existing system, could that work?
At 02:20 PM 8/29/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Actually, if you use the cp command it works just fine. That is what I
>have been using. I don't think the howto specifies how to copy the file,
>just to do so. So I have always used the cp command. And for the record,
>you can name the new kernel any valid filename as far as I can tell. I
>know I have gone to using names that mean something to me. I typically use
>a date (8-11) for a general purpose kernel. If it is for a specific reason
>I name it such again with a date.
>
>Redhat uses a softlink to make vmlinuz point to a kernel that is like
>vmlinuz-2.2.14 (or whatever version of kernel is there). I find making a
>softlink to just add more steps. I name it at will and add the entry to
>lilo.conf. Then run lilo. This keeps the backup in place and ready for a
>screw up. I have made kernels that didn't work. But by adding the entry to
>lilo.conf and leaving what was already there exactly where it started has
>always left me able to recover from my errors.
>
>Certainly there may be some textbook reason for certain conventions. But
>they are at the heart conventions and not rules. Until someone gives me
>some reason to name my kernel vmlinuz I can only guess it is so anyone
>will know its name. But hey, lilo.conf will clear that mystery up so I
>continue in my ways.
>
>-- 
>Kirk Wood
>Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
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