[gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines

[gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines

[Nick Khamis]

Hello Everyone,

Just running an installation on another IBM machine, and wanted to know
which kernel config files can we copy over from one machine to another,
and have the same exact modules etc copied over.
Saw examples for genkern, but we build our own kernels. After copying the
files over we like to run make and make modules_install on the new machine.


Thanks in Advance,

Nick.

Re: [gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines

[staticsafe]

On 5/11/2013 20:39, Nick Khamis wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Just running an installation on another IBM machine, and wanted to know
> which kernel config files can we copy over from one machine to another,
> and have the same exact modules etc copied over.
> Saw examples for genkern, but we build our own kernels. After copying the
> files over we like to run make and make modules_install on the new machine.
> 
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> 
> Nick.
> 

The .config in the kernel source directory.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines

[Nick Khamis]

Thank you!!!

On 5/12/13, staticsafe <me@staticsafe.ca> wrote:
> On 5/11/2013 20:39, Nick Khamis wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> Just running an installation on another IBM machine, and wanted to know
>> which kernel config files can we copy over from one machine to another,
>> and have the same exact modules etc copied over.
>> Saw examples for genkern, but we build our own kernels. After copying the
>> files over we like to run make and make modules_install on the new
>> machine.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in Advance,
>>
>> Nick.
>>
>
> The .config in the kernel source directory.
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines

[Nick Khamis]

I just realized that we were running 3.5.7 on the older systems, and
the current version is 3.7.10. Would I be cutting too many corners to
copy over the ..config from the older machine.

Thanks in Advance,

Nick.

On 5/12/13, Nick Khamis <symack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you!!!
>
> On 5/12/13, staticsafe <me@staticsafe.ca> wrote:
>> On 5/11/2013 20:39, Nick Khamis wrote:
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> Just running an installation on another IBM machine, and wanted to know
>>> which kernel config files can we copy over from one machine to another,
>>> and have the same exact modules etc copied over.
>>> Saw examples for genkern, but we build our own kernels. After copying
>>> the
>>> files over we like to run make and make modules_install on the new
>>> machine.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in Advance,
>>>
>>> Nick.
>>>
>>
>> The .config in the kernel source directory.
>>
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Re: [gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 12 May 2013 10:56:50 -0400, Nick Khamis wrote:

> I just realized that we were running 3.5.7 on the older systems, and
> the current version is 3.7.10. Would I be cutting too many corners to
> copy over the ..config from the older machine.

That's not a huge step, but you'll have a few questions to answer when you
run make oldconfig.

BTW please stop top-posting.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines

[Nick Khamis]

Please forgive me! Gmail client from hell!!!!!

Re: [gentoo-user] Real qucik question - Copying over kernel configuration for same machines

[Walter Dnes]

On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 08:39:02PM -0400, Nick Khamis wrote
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Saw examples for genkern, but we build our own kernels. After copying the
> files over we like to run make and make modules_install on the new machine.

  Since the new machine will probably have a newer kernel, I suggest

1) copy /usr/src/linux/.config from the working machine to the new
machine

2) run "make oldconfig"

3) then run male and make modules_install

  "make oldconfig" will give you a chance to set values for options in
the newer kernel that don't exist in the older kernel.

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