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[Casey Harkins <charkins AT upl.cs.wisc.edu>]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Nick Jennings wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 02:20:46PM -0500, Casey Harkins wrote:
> > 
> > 2) Do not include the isos kernel config
> > 
> >   The kernel configuration used to create the isos kernel is in
> > image.tar.bz2 and therefore gets installed to /etc/sorcery/local. While
> > I've gotten pretty quick at running through the kernel config menus and
> > unchecking all of the devices that I don't have, it would make more sense
> > to let the kernel start with a vanilla configuration.
> > 
> >   On a side note, PCMCIA cdrom support was not included in the last iso
> > kernel which prevents me from installing my laptop from the cdrom. It gets
> > to the menu where you can load modules, and the cdrom fails to work from
> > then on without PCMCIA cdrom support. 
> > 
> > 
> > Anyone else have comments?
> 
>  I would think it's better to have a fully modular kernel compiled, then
>  to *think* you have everything you want enabled, only to find for some
>  reason you're kernel isn't compiling, or some important device is not
>  enabled.


Yeah, I suppose you're right. Especially since "Configure Kernel" defaults
to no. I guess I'll just get in the habit of removing the config from
/etc/sorcery/local on my fresh installs.