[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: More about kernel recompiling.

[Lance Simmons]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 09:04:50PM -0700, Scott Denlinger wrote:

> So I had a lot of things "hardwired" in, and very few modules. I have
> since learned that this isn't necessarily always a good thing. My
> biggest problem when I attempted my kernel compile was that things
> that I *wasn't* compiling as modules weren't getting recognized at
> bootup. 

Yeah, that can be a real pain, especially with older/cheaper network
cards (pretty much the only kind I use).

Now that you've reinstalled, I guess you'll never know exactly what was
going wrong, but it's good to hear there might be a semi-reasonable
explanation for the problems. That's one of the things I've most
appreciated about troubleshooting linux as opposed to windows: it's
usually possible to _figure out_ what the problem is, at least
eventually. When I was using windows, problems often seemed completely
intractable, and reinstalling seemed to be the only solution.

Anyway, good luck with the new installation.

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