Kernel Compilation

[ace]

I don't understand exactly how the menuconfig works.  Do I just arrow to 
each option, press y/n, then arrow down to the next one and repeat the 
process?  It seems a little confusing.  Also, is it necessary for me to go 
through every setting?  My last kernel was speakup.s from the Slackware 
distro; this probably used default settings.  Can't I just accept what make 
menuconfig gives me and just close the config and save it?  One more 
question: where in this menuconfig may I find the Speakup 
configuration?  That's really all I care about altering.

Thanks
Robby
At 12:15 PM 1/8/2005, you wrote:
>yeah. what you could also do is rename your current kernel
>/boot/vmlinuz to something like /boot/vmlinuz-2.4 and make the new
>kernel vmlinuz-2.6. then you could configure your lilo.conf so you
>have two configurations. one for 2.4 and 1 for 2.6. therefore if 2.6
>doesnt work you can always boot 2.4.
>so after you run make modules_install do cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage
>/boot/vmlinuz-2.6, then edit your lilo.conf and rerun lilo.
>On Sat, Jan
>08, 2005 at 12:00:49PM -0500, ace wrote:
> > Thanks, Alex.  Now, what all should be backed up before I install a new
> > kernel?  Would I be fine if I just back up /boot?
> >
> >
> > At 09:12 AM 1/8/2005, you wrote:
> > >Hi.
> > >Yes slackware 10.0 is full 2.6 ready. the latest 2.6 kernel (2.6.10 I
> > >think) should run fine.
> > >
> > >The way I usually configure kernels is with make menuconfig. That's a
> > >much nicer interface then make config. just go through each catigory
> > >and make sure what you need is selected. much easier then answering
> > >all those questions from make config. so the steps you follow after
> > >patching speakup in (I assume you know how to do this) are:
> > >cd /usr/src/linux
> > >make mrproper
> > >make menuconfig
> > >make dep
> > >make modules
> > >make bzImage
> > >make modules_install.
> > >On Sat, Jan
> > >08, 2005 at 01:58:19AM -0500, ace wrote:
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I am running Slackware version 10.0 freshly installed.  I have a few
> > >> questions.  I've installed Linux on a few older computers but did not
> > >have
> > >> the chance to really mess around with it bc those systems sucked.
> > >>
> > >> Firstly, I am aware that Slackware 10 comes with kernel 2.4.26.  Will it
> > >> work with the latest 2.6.X kernel if I download it from kernel.org and
> > >> patched it with the latest Speakup sources?
> > >>
> > >> I have never successfully compiled a kernel before.  Last time, it 
> was on
> > >> my friend's box and I severely screwed it.  What are the steps one must
> > >go
> > >> through to compile a kernel?  Must I pay attention to each individual
> > >> option that the configure script asks?  There are over hundreds it seems
> > >> and I can barely understand any of them.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for any information.
> > >>
> > >> Robby
> > >>
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>--
> > > Other than the fact Linux has a cool name, could someone explain why I
> > > should use Linux over BSD?
> >
> > No.  That's it.  The cool name, that is.  We worked very hard on
> > creating a name that would appeal to the majority of people, and it
> > certainly paid off: thousands of people are using linux just to be able
> > to say "OS/2? Hah.  I've got Linux.  What a cool name".  386BSD made the
> > mistake of putting a lot of numbers and weird abbreviations into the
> > name, and is scaring away a lot of people just because it sounds too
> > technical.
>         -- Linus Torvalds' follow-up to a question about Linux
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