Re: dumb(?) question about .config file

Joe Kellner (res02z2y@gte.net)
21 Sep 2001 15:22:39 -0400


I believe there should be a config in /boot, there is in mandrake 8.0,
so I assume it's the same.

On 21 Sep 2001 13:47:42 -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, David Hollister wrote:
>
> > I have what may be a dumb question, but I can't seem to find a suitable answer.
> >
> > Let's say you install RedHat out of the box. When you do that, even if you
> > install the kernel source, you don't get a .config file. Is there some way to
> > create a .config file based on the running kernel?
> >
> > I thought "make oldconfig" would do it, but from what I've read, it doesn't
> > sound like that's necessarily true.
>
> Install the kernel SRPM and look in the SOURCES directory. They're all there.
>
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> Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>
>
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