[svlug] Debian and Red Hat

[Akbar S. Ahmed]

J C Lawrence wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:42:14 -0800 
> Kabir Khan <kabir8888 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hey someone teach me this trick with writing the kernel config file 
>>based on the current kernel.  
> 
> 
> make oldconfig
> 

You can also manually copy the old config file as follows:

Debian:
# cp /boot/config-2.4.XX-<whatever> /usr/src/linux/.config

Red Hat:
# cp /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/<old-config-filename> 
/usr/src/linux-2.4/.config

- Akbar