From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IAn6b-0001Fp-F4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:28:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6HDRHJD002040; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:27:17 GMT Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.181]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6HDMZpU029126 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:22:36 GMT Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c29so1222635ika for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:22:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:x-mailer:x-priority:message-id:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aCFW5YEIxZ4VfYXzYlCFiTRCVbNT03sxlEvx0bc1OXZWJzuKDiQhqQpbPyBsQaOacu0wTnTCiXyTXVONWBZMzmtgY/xfVQqnceq5jD9LNPY4jmR1ZV3s60lwBz6n7bMEmi1qiGlaM3FWR+tMzPVvOPrpWkuOPFxYQHfEecRAFd4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:x-mailer:x-priority:message-id:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BBsUZ+VG535kkBRubz0KXGiwxYFtd/oSDzFvU5dN7B2ZUqD2/5dsmPN2o1y4jO/w1GfxBOyMhoTD+Y8K6SUHEL9iZhBLLKTZqD86F+vxD4QuJ7jEsdOZEhXRsC5B+hkCFCXlfqXh7Tz5ZfCooWTBDFaG0ScQjyeN8x2WpCYaizc= Received: by 10.86.100.7 with SMTP id x7mr325176fgb.1184678555567; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:22:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from KERNEL ( [91.124.100.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id e8sm11040627muf.2007.07.17.06.22.33 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:22:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:22:42 +0300 From: "Sergey A. Kobzar" X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.99.3) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1342004724.20070717162242@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Cannot boot 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 In-Reply-To: References: <200707171241.02990.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2bb58e7c-dd69-4005-9b89-33f447b031f4 X-Archives-Hash: f51f6958d542e8a27d10d4b832e0eb6a Hi Billy, Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 3:20:06 PM, you wrote: > Hi Mick. From what I understand, using oldconfig for major > version changes (.20 -> .21) is a bad idea. Here's what I did. It > may be slow and stupid but it worked like a charm. > Open two root terminals and navigate one to /usr/src/linux (which > should be symlinked to your new sources) and navigate the other to > /usr/src/linux-2.6.20-gentoo-r8. > Run make menuconfig in both terminals. The root terminal that is > in /usr/src/linux- 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 will display your config for > your old kernel. You'll be able to compare your old configuration > to the new one graphically by simply comparing the menus in the root > terminals that you have side by side. Well, I used a new tab within > xterm, same thing I guess. > LIke I said, maybe slow and stupid, but it worksforme. Hmm, I thought 'make oldconfig' does same things. Am I wrong? > Billy Wayne -- Sergey -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list