[ncolug] menuconfig - thanks David
- From: Bryan Savage <theOnlyLinuxGuy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:04:40 -0500
David Fierbaugh wrote:
This is not something I would expect 'Joe User' to do, but as you'll see, this
takes no programming knowledge, and is not kernel hacking by any but the
largest stretch of the imagination.
Anyone who's never configured or compiled a kernel before should try this:
Open a terminal (shell window/command prompt). Your prompt should be a dollar
sign, do the following:
$ su (su changes user to root)
password (enter the root password)
#cd /usr/src/linux (change to the kernel source directory)
#make menuconfig (this will start the curses GUI kernel
configurator)
If you've never seen this, then you have no idea how amazingly simple it is to
recompile a kernel with out all the unnecessary drivers. Unless you know what
you're doing (or really want to learn), I wouldn't save the configuration on
exiting. If you really want to learn about this, google for a distro specific
howto on kernel configuration.
This is a good point, David. I've never used 'make menuconfig' even
though I've read about it before. I assume that the kernel source has
to be installed, which is an optional package on most distros I've
used. You've inspired me to learn something new.
Thanks!
Bryan
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