y0,

> On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 16:04, Brandon Hutchinson wrote:

> > Is there an easy way to take your current configuration and have it dumped to 
> > a ".config" file in /usr/src/linux so that I can simply add NTFS support 
> > without having to go through all of the kernel configuration options? Of 
> > course, I would then go through the required steps to build and install the 
> > new kernel.

This is one of the little issues that is holding me back from switching from Slackware to RedHat. In Slackware, you are given the choice of some 20 different boot kernel disks, each designed to assist with a particular setup or piece of hardware. Once you select, you can just go to the /kernels dir on the CDrom, and find a directory (with the same name as the bootdisk) which contains:

- a vmlinuz image
- the matching System.map
- the config file used to create the first two items

This makes starting at a known configuration a snap; you can now customize knowing for sure that the config you start with is a working setup, and matches your bootkernel exactly. No matter if you use bare.i, net.i or aha1452.s you always have the correct, stable starting point.

It seems like such a simple no-brainer thing to provide a set of .config files but for some reason, RedHat has just glanced over it. I need answers.

Bill