life after compiling kernel?

saiz66 · 05-23-2003, 11:14 PM

Okay.. i followed the instructions to compile my first kernel.. it seemed to go perfect.. no problems at all and things seem to go smoother and faster... now wat? i just did the basics of the kernel compiling... are there anything more to do now? any options i have to make my kernel better and even faster? does this even make sense to u guys(or girls)?

trickykid · 05-23-2003, 11:24 PM

If you just recompiled your kernel to suit your hardware and system needs.. I see nothing else for you to do.. start enjoying your OS and system with its new kernel.

contrasutra · 05-23-2003, 11:27 PM

You seem to have enjoyed it.

Recompile it again!

Hey, if it makes you happy....

saiz66 · 05-23-2003, 11:33 PM

hmm.. i am a little confused... i followed the steps to compiling my kernel... so that means that my new kernel is 'suited' for my system? and that is it?

contrasutra · 05-23-2003, 11:41 PM

Well, if you at least set your kernel options to i686 (or whatever yours is), then you are getting a much better kernel.

Whenever you compile something on your own computer, is automatically makes customizations, but if you didnt really go through the menuconfig and switch a few options, you may not be getting the best kerenl you could.

saiz66 · 05-23-2003, 11:50 PM

thats wat i mean.. i basically left menuconfig when i ran make menuconfig the exact same and just saved it... i dont really know wat those stuff mean... any help?

MasterC · 05-24-2003, 01:17 AM

Yes tons, it's next to the options in your kernel config

Cool

quietguy47 · 05-24-2003, 07:41 AM

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/