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Post #104,098 by deSitter 5/30/03 11:14:26 AM Reply	Interesting I think my first Linux was RedHat 4.2, and I didn't have it installed for 10 minutes before rubbing my hands together and saying - "Now - let's break it!" Hey, it worked with clocks and typewriters! Welcome to the kernel kennel. -drl
Post #104,102 by bepatient 5/30/03 11:28:08 AM Reply	I've always been more of the type... ...of not fixing it till it doesn't work the way I want it to...and for my uses Linux always "just worked". But...for some reason...the last install didn't compile smbfs into the kernel...and that was the first true instance of it not working the way I wanted it to. So...thanks to the guys helping me through it...I fixed it...and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. I'd upgraded kernels (well...I did that once on a Mandrake box...and it was not without pain)...but never custom built one. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #104,104 by pwhysall 5/30/03 11:29:36 AM Reply	For us Doobians The "kernel-package" set of tools takes away a lot of the pain, especially when you're adding external modules (NVIDIA driver, frexample) or kernel patches (pre-emptive patch, that FreeSWAN thingy). Also, use GRUB (:-p to you, Ross :)) as it's less disastrous if you feck up your boot config. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #104,105 by bepatient 5/30/03 11:34:17 AM Reply	Gonna have to swith to Grub Right now its Lilo...but the Debian kernel-package seemed to handle that quite nicely. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

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