Johan Lindquist <spam@smilfinken.net> wrote in
news:k8mh42-4b.ln1@news.smilfinken.net:

> So anyway, it was like, 10:19 CEST Oct 20 2004, you know? Oh, and,
> yeah,
>> Configure the kernel yourself with 'make menuconfig', instead of
>> using genkernel.

i used the "genkernel --menuconfig all" option - mainly to select the
correct processor type.

> You can use for instance lspci and dmesg to figure out what hardware
> you have. The gentoo livecd might give some hints too, if you look at
> which modules were successfully loaded during the boot sequence. Or a
> knoppix livecd.

i did a "lspci" of course, but never heard of dmesg before (it's nice to
learn a little bit more every day, thx).

the linux livecd uses a 2.4-kernel AFAIK but on my machine i use the
2.6.7-kernel from the gentoo-dev-sources provided by the livecd.
is there a difference in the modules that are used?


@m.s.w
> Then try to compile kernel manually (make menuconfig) and read help
> for each option. It takes time but gives you an excellent overview of
> the stuff you have in kernel.

yes, thanks. i didn't recognise before, that in the help the name of the
module is written in most cases.

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