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From: "Daniel da Veiga" <danieldaveiga@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Switching from Genkernel to manual build
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:22:41 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <342e1090708011422h671e3c34ra02a7771c56629dc@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070801220522.49329ba9@zaphod.digimed.co.uk>

On 8/1/07, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:28:46 +1200, Kent Fredric wrote:
>
> > Yeah, but 1: no INITRD is built,
>
> Which you rarely need with a hand built kernel, but if you do it can be
> compiled with the kernel.
>
> >  2: using genkernel build script will automatically add new entries in
> > grub.conf ie:
>
> make install removes the need for adding new entries to an ever-growing
> menu.lst, all you need are two entries for current kernel and previous
> kernel (vmlinu[zx] and vmlinu[zx].old).
>

Right. The only reason I see for keeping genkernel (and the reason I
use it in the first place) is a machine that changes hardware
frequently (like mine at work), so, a simple rsync of my whole HD to
the new machine can boot with most hardware recognized for a
starter...

I also use it on my laptops because its easier... (but that's not a
good reason, cause there are people who think manual build is easier).

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      reply	other threads:[~2007-08-01 21:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-01  4:08 [gentoo-user] Switching from Genkernel to manual build Dan Cowsill
2007-08-01  6:08 ` Abraham Marín Pérez
2007-08-01  7:15   ` Dale
2007-08-01 18:40   ` Don Jerman
2007-08-01  9:17 ` Kent Fredric
2007-08-01 16:59   ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2007-08-01 20:28     ` Kent Fredric
2007-08-01 21:05       ` Neil Bothwick
2007-08-01 21:22         ` Daniel da Veiga [this message]

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