ok....this will be a long post becuase i am going to ask a few questions an try to give you guys info about my system thhat i think might help you slackmasters help me.....and thanx in advance for any and all replies, i've been reading this forum for a month now and everyone seems eager to help us noobs.....it's a beautiful thing....
that said, lets move on....
at this very moment i am reformating and reinstalling slackware 9 on my compaq presario 1275 laptop. this is my 7th reinstall(i reinstalled 5 times when first learning slack and messing with files as root....i know, i know....wut do u expect, i'm a noob
). the last 2 reinstalls have been prompted by bad kernel compilations by me.....i studied the
DaOne's kernel comp guide for noobs and attempted to compile a kernel for my machine. both times it seemed to work fine, however when i chose the new kernel at the lilo prompt, i get a "BIOS Success....." message and then the systen reboots itself and i get put right back at the lilo screen...weird....
if i choose the old kernel the system loads and i can get into x but my ethernet and sound(even thought the modules i modified to make them work were unchanged) don't work anymore(the reasons for my first 5 reinstalls)
what could have i done wrong?
here are my sysem specs:
The 1275 is similar to the other 12xx models. The main details of it are:
* K6-2 366 Processor
* 64MB Ram, upgradable to 160MB (I have 96MB, later 160MB)
* 4.3GB HDD
* 13" 800x600 HPA display
* Synaptics Touchpad
* Built-in floppy and 24x CDROM
* Compaq 56-DF V.90 Win Modem (Lucent Win Modem)
* Neomagic 128XD graphics chipset (800x600 on LCD, 1280x768 on CRT)
* ESS ES1869 AudioDrive sound (SoundBlaster Pro compatible)
* One PCMCIA Type II slot (i have my ethernet card here)
* 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, 1 PS/2, 1 USB, External Monitor, earphone and microphone connectors
now for my questions:
1. given these specs what should i include/exclude in menuconfig?(the only things i know i don't need are the RAID options and the experimental internet options like IPv6)
2. will compiling the kernel without changing anything in menuconfig result in a faster system?
3. if i compile and get the same crappy results as before, how do i get rid of the new shit kernel and restore my system to the way it was precompile?(upto not i have been taking the noobie route and putting on a fresh install of slack and re configing.....way too time consuming, there has to be a shorter more painless way)
thats all i can think of for now as i'm multitasking, writing this thread and newbie installing slack(AGAIN), and i'm at work....i know i'm missing some stuff, but this is good for now
NOTE: i'd like to keep this thread mine, so all you other noobs post a new thread for your questions....i saw what u guys did to DaOne's kernel how-to thread...please don't do it to this one
thanx again