[clue-tech] Need lots of help at Installfest

[David L. Willson]

It's a DOD project.  Running in a VM is not an option.  Worse yet, the top priority is that the serial port must work.  The ~serial~ port?  What?  I don't even know what to use one for, anymore, much less test it in Linux.

Anyone got a clue for me on how to figure out which hardware is being supported by which module and vice-versa?

And, when doing a "make oldconfig" the default for all new options is "(NEW)".  Does that mean that choosing new causes me to choose the default answer for the new option?  Or does "(NEW)" map to "no" or does it mean something else?

David L. Willson
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
MCT, MCSE, Linux+
tel://720.333.LANS

----- "David L. Anselmi" <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:

> David L. Willson wrote:
> > I'm bringing a challenge, too.  My project is to get RHEL3 running
> on
> >  a brandy new laptop.
> 
> Good luck.  Does it have any drivers that you'll need?  You'd
> probably
> have better luck running RHEL3 in a VM.
> 
> > On your topic, why don't you want to re-install?  I've found
> > re-installations of Linux refreshing, helpful, and relatively
> > painless.  Of course, it does depend on how careful I was to
> document
> > system changes and link important config files to my home-folder.
> 
> I get more out of figuring out the real problem than skipping it by 
> re-installing.  The nice thing about Linux is that it's transparent 
> enough that you can usually find the real cause and fix it.  And that
> 
> makes it easier next time.  (Except for audio.  Audio is a beast of
> its 
> own and when it breaks you just have to wait for it to molt and be
> happy 
> again.)
> 
> Dave
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