Bug 60637

Summary:	need to mention standard configs for building custom kernel
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Mike McLean <mikem>
Component:	rhl-cg	Assignee:	Tammy Fox <tammy.c.fox>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Tammy Fox <tammy.c.fox>
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Description Mike McLean 2002-03-03 23:11:47 UTC

This bug pertains to the RH7.2 Customization Guide
Specifically the section about compiling custom kernels.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/custom-kernel.html

You should mention that the /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs directory contains the
config files used to build the standard kernels shipped by RedHat. These can be
used as a base for kernel configuration.

For example, you might want a kernel configured the same as the standard i686
kernel, except that you want ntfs enabled as a module. To make this
configuration, you would: 
% cp configs/kernel-2.4.9-i386.config .config
% make xconfig
and in the xconfig program, make only the desired change, and save&exit.
(And of course, proceed with the kernel compilation).

Comment 1 Tammy Fox 2002-03-04 15:19:37 UTC

This is a great suggestions. I'll be sure to add it for the next release.

Comment 2 Tammy Fox 2002-04-02 23:17:43 UTC

I added this information to the CVS version of the manual. It will be in the
next release.