osric fernandes wrote:
On Feb 6, 2008 11:21 PM, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
On Feb 6, 2008 10:48 PM, Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
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Ideally, figure out where genkernel stores its kernel config and do a grep -i ata on it and send us the output.
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3]Now,what's that?I need to know what I'm looking for before I run out in search of it.
Genkernel looks for the default kernel configuration in the file /usr/share/genkernel/x86/kernel-config-2.6 Have a look at the Gentoo Handbook's Kernel Configuration page: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7#doc... You might want to try a manual kernel configuration. Also have a look at the Kernel Configuration Guide at: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-config.xml
IMHO, for kernel hacking its fine but for learning Linux administration and packages, all this will tie him down and divert him from other post installation tasks. For starters, a system that works fairly out of the box should suffice.