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* Re: [gentoo-user] Switching from Genkernel to manual build
  @ 2007-08-01 21:05 99%       ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Neil Bothwick @ 2007-08-01 21:05 UTC (permalink / raw
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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).


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Neil Bothwick

Jimmy Hoffa is buried here ------> X

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