Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing

[Zac Medico <zmedico@gmail.com>]

Chris Cox wrote:
> On Thursday 04 August 2005 04:41 pm, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> 
>>Well, if you use genkernel, it should automatically place the initrd
>>and the kernel image at your /boot (at least it does for me). Maybe
>>check your genkernel command to compile the kernel.
>>
> 
> 
> Whats wrong with compiling a kernel the normal way ? 
> 
> emerge gentoo-sources (or whatever flavor you prefer)
> cd /usr/src/linux && zcat /proc/config.gz >.config 
> make oldconfig
> make menuconfig
> * tweak it to your liking
> make install modules modules_install
> update your boot loader
> umount /boot
> exit chroot 
> reboot
> 
>  Isn't that covered in the Install guide ?  
> 

No on said anything was wrong with with doing it the normal way. ;-)

In fact, genkernel is not really different from "the normal way".  It runs basically the same commands that you would run by hand.  Personally, I use it to generate my initramfs.  I'm fully awary that genkernel can be a needless complication for n00bs.

Zac
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