13 Aug
2004
13 Aug
'04
7:12 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 04:11:49PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
Actually, now there's an even better way. I think
this feature is only
available on 2.6 kernels. The .config used to compile the running
kernel is available in /proc/config.gz, so you can do:
zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
... but I think the ablity to embed the .config info in the kernel is
itself a feature that you can enable or disable in the config menu, so
don't cut yourself off by forgetting to enable it :-)
Of course it's still a good idea to keep the old
kernel accessible.
That's the golden rule. You only have to fail once to appreciate the
significance. You can recover with a bootable rescue CD but
it's much harder work. (been there, etc.)
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