If you keep your old .config file from previous setup and make oldconfig
first, you should be able to use previous setup as a starting point.

Craig

On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 11:02, elemint@cox.net wrote:
> If I do a menuconfig and want to enable something will it read my current configuration first so that my currently installed modules or daemons will already be selected or will I need to select everything required for my server to run?
> 
> James
> 
> > 
> > From: "der.hans" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>
> > Date: 2003/07/10 Thu PM 08:39:00 EDT
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.21
> > 
> > Am 10. Jul, 2003 schwätzte elemint@cox.net so:
> > 
> > > I did an "apt-get kernel-package" although as suggested in the article
> > > in the URL Below, in /usr/src there is no package for 2.4.20 so I am
> > > not sure where the kernel-package installed to when I did an apt-get
> > > kernel-package?  Also if I currently use 2.4.16-bf2.4 and I want to get a
> > 
> > As it says at the beginning of the article, you need to get the sources.
> > kernel-package is the tool for building a debian package of the kernel when
> > you're done, but it does not contain kernel sources.
> > 
> > apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.21
> > 
> > > kernel patch for writing UDF's but no kernel patches are listed there at
> > > www.kernel.org for 2.4.18-bf2.4 where can I get the patch from also if I
> > > just want to do a menuconfig to enable UDF writing do I need to download
> > > the 2.4.18bf2.4 kernel source?  If I do a menuconfig will I loose any
> > > current settings or configurations or can I just go through and add one
> > > option like UDF writing without loosing anything?
> > 
> > The source package from debian should have a config file. If not install a
> > binary kernel-package, then copy the config file from it.
> > 
> > cp -p /boot/config-2.4.21-<architecture> /usr/src/linux/.config
> > 
> > Once you've done that you might be able to just edit /usr/src/linux/.config
> > to turn on UDF support, then follow the make process for the kernel-package
> > tools.
> > 
> > > http://www.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&re
> > > q=viewarticle&artid=158
> > 
> > ciao,
> > 
> > der.hans
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