On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 20:46, Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 20:32, Michael Havens wrote:
> >  preperations for doing so~
> > 
> > X config says:
> > My video card is a generic nv (stands for nivdia?)
> > The monitor  has no name. It just says that horizontal sync frequency is 
> > 28-96Khz and the verticle refresh is 50-76 with a resolution of 640x480
> > The keyboard is a generic 105-key PC
> > I have no info on the mouse.
> > The keyboard and mouse are plugged into some round ports (whatever they are 
> > called)
> > 
> > I say:
> > There is a Phillips WEB cam (USB)
> > There is a kodak cx6330 (USB mass media device)
> > There is a printer (is that serial device)
> > 
> > What else do I need to know and how do I go about getting the info?
> ----
> I know that in red hat, if you put any differentiator in the Makefile -
> Versions something or other, it absolutely prevents you from over
> writing your current boot setup if you try to compile a kernel from the
> same version that you have already loaded. I'm not in a position to look
> at the moment.
> 
> Someone familiar with Debian/Knoppix should pipe up here just to make
> sure that everything you do is harmless.
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my memory tells me that after you make config [make menuconfig|make
xconfig] that you should then edit the Makefile and put something in the
line EXTRAVERSIONS = -    like a 1 or 2 or something and that is what
keeps you from stupidly clobbering existing modules and vmlinuz/vmlinux
files if you have already installed the same kernel via binary method.

Craig