[CLUE-Tech] Which RedHat SMP Version

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 12:16, Adam Bultman wrote:
> > 
> > Or he might be left with a number of question marks. I'm all for
> > compiling a kernel from scratch, when someone has gotten to that level
> > of proficiency. It requires quite a bit of troubleshooting knowledge to
> > recover if you make an error installing a new kernel, and might be
> > fairly frustrating to folks who are just getting acclimated to Linux. 
> > 
> 
> Very true. But the way I learned was to sit down one day in front of my 
> machine and just read the help sections.  I botched  my first few kernels, 
> but after that, smooth sailing.  Perhaps I enjoy learning the hard way, 
> but ever since compiling my kernel on my p100, I haven't gone back.  It's 
> definately kind of intimidating at first, but as long as you do things 
> right, you can find where your problems are, boot into your old kernel, 
> and fix it.  

I'm with ya. Actually, I was pretty lucky in that my first kernel
compile went very smoothly... I had to recompile it because I had
forgotten something, I think I forgot to compile the right module for my
Ethernet card or something, but it wasn't disasterous. 

I just wanted to add that note of caution because I've found that there
are a number of people who aren't receptive to learning the hard way. 

Zonker
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