On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 23:23, Andrew Konosky wrote: > I have been installing the kernel rpms with yum/synaptic, but I have > read that the "vanilla" kernels, which I am guessing are the original > source-code versions, have more features, but are sometimes less stable > becuase thet are not edited for specific distributions. Is this correct? > > I would like to compile the latest kernel version from source just to > see how it's done and also to see if the "vanilla" kernel is stable > enough for my system. Once it is compiled, will I have to manually add > the kernel to the grub config file? Any tips/tricks I should know about > when compiling a custom kernel? > > I am currently using 2.6.7-1.496_4.rhfc2.at, and I had tried the > 2.6.8-1, but went back after finding out about the CD-burning bug. Has > this been fixed? I have never had stability problems with the distribution kernels and have also compiled custom kernels. I have really not seen any difference except for size. With the kernel build interfaces it is easy enough to do, and easier to mess up, but, is a good learning experience. -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
