On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 04:11:49PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > Actually, now there's an even better way. I think this feature is only > available on 2.6 kernels. The .config used to compile the running > kernel is available in /proc/config.gz, so you can do: > > zcat /proc/config.gz > .config ... but I think the ablity to embed the .config info in the kernel is itself a feature that you can enable or disable in the config menu, so don't cut yourself off by forgetting to enable it :-) > Of course it's still a good idea to keep the old kernel accessible. That's the golden rule. You only have to fail once to appreciate the significance. You can recover with a bootable rescue CD but it's much harder work. (been there, etc.) -- Anahata anahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+- http://www.treewind.co.uk Home: 01638 720444 Mob: 07976 263827
