I compiled a kernel on a machine the other day and forgot to make mrproper, so the new kernel was missing a whole load of stuff...

so I'm now in a situation where I have lost the old config with all the old network settings and stuff.. does that mean that I now have to go through all the menuconfig options to rebuild the kernel as I think it should be?

I'm guessing that I have to do this, because the current config is lacking loads of stuff..

er I think I just answered my own question, unless someone can tell me otherwise !!

christo

Hello! I was just dorkin around a bit with my kernel, I think you might be able to load the .config file from:
/lib/modules/<kernelversion>/build/include

It's worth a shot at least

Cool

I may be wrong but doesn't "make oldconfig" use the settings from the last time you did the menuconfig?

Fom kernel README:
"make oldconfig" Default all questions based on the contents of your existing ./.config file.

Yeah, but the last time they ran menuconfig they didn't get it right, and they want to make it old old if that makes sense. At least that's how I read it

Cool

So do "make oldoldconfig"

look in /boot

there should be the config-2.4??? for your kernel

I don't think you not running make mrproper has anything to do with things not working, I think you just got the wrong config file


that's if make oldoldconfig does not work for some reason

:-)