[wplug] redhat kernel woes

[James O'Kane]

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 bgtrio at yahoo.com wrote:
> This was especially frustrating because the config 
> files that come with it are supposed to be the ones the stock kernel were 
> built with, but I don't see how that could be the case.  

It works as a module because they use an initrd. Have a look at 
man mkinitrd. This is also how to get around SCSI driver boot problems. 
grub loads the initrd from the disk and gives it to the kernel, which then 
can load the modules from that.

> This won't help you unless you 
> know how to change the LABEL appropriately - I don't.

man e2label

 
> Finally, a related question- if I wanted to build a vanilla kernel but 
> keep the options from my redhat configuration, I fear there may be 
> inconsistencies between the configuration files.  Is there an established 
> procedure for salvaging as much as one can from an existing config file 
> and only asking about options that are not already set?

Do you mean make oldconfig?


-james