Compiling kernel for the 1st time -- newbie questions

[Alex Snow]

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building it from source actually isn't as hard as you'd think. as long 
as you stay away from make config you're fine. so you'd do make  make 
menuconfig. this gives you  a menu with all configuration options and 
if you're using speakup cvs then the new cursoring improvements make 
it extremely easy to navigate.
On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 02:03:03PM +0200, 
Krister Ekstrom wrote:
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> Hi  speakup,
> 
>   I'm about to take the plunge now and try to compile a kernel, partly
>   to learn and mainly because i need mouse support which i don't have
>   at the moment.
>   I will go from linux-2.4.25 to linux-2.6.2.
>   I'm using Debian Sarge and am wondering if one should take the
>   really easy way out and go for the distribution package or try
>   building it myself from scratch. What advantages could there be with
>   a distro specific kernel source package? Is there anything in
>   particular one should think about if compiling from a source fetched
>   from kernel.org?
>   I have read the Readme for the 2.6.2 kernel and also the kernel
>   compilation howto, so i think i know what i'm doing even though i
>   don't understand everything. Now, i just want to hear peoples
>   (especially debian users) opinions on this.
>   Thanks in advance!
> 
> - --
> /Krister
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