Re: Learning about the Kernal

From	Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Learning about the Kernal
Date	2015-03-21 16:09 +0000
Organization	My Linux Box
Message-ID	<mek54f$1ob$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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ruben safir <dont@email.me> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:00:59 +0000, William Unruh wrote:

> > I would advise you to install a distribution. and see what they do while
> > you are installing it. Then make a prebuilt kernel. Then look into /boot
> > and /boot/grub{,2} to see what files are there and esp the menu.lst and
> > the grub.conf files.
> > 
> > Then read man grub or man grub2

> I'm way past all this and very fustrated.  This has become another
> just broken part of what was a usable system.  I can compile the
> kernel and after that your on your own.  The installation has
> initramfs files for each of its stock kernels with long tedious an
> incomprehendable configuration lines for each kernel.  There is no
> longer a mkinitrd.  Instead I have documentation that goes on for 20
> paragraphs and never tells you how to actually make these initram
> files, nor does it say when they are need.

> They shouldn't BE needed, actually.  Somewhere in the compiled code,
> evidently, there is a initram file that needs to be extracted out
> with a versio of cpio.  Then after reading all of that, he recommends
> you go to busy box to make a ram disk?

Go install a copy of Slackware into your VM.  Slackware does not
require an initramfs, and will happly install and boot a plain kernel
compiled binary blob.

You 'can' create an initramfs, if you want one, for Slackware, but you
are not forced down that path by default up front.

Plus, you can just download a kernel.org kernel, configure it using
'make oldconfig' with the installed Slackware .config file, compile it,
and boot it straight away, no fuss, no muss.

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Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-14 19:59 -0400
  Re: Learning about the Kernal Xavier Roche <xroche@free.fr.NOSPAM.invalid> - 2015-03-15 11:11 +0100
    Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben <nowhere@nowhere.nor> - 2015-03-15 21:14 +0000
      Re: Learning about the Kernal Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-03-16 10:02 +0200
        Re: Learning about the Kernal Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn@panix.com> - 2015-03-17 00:18 +0000
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-03-16 20:53 -0700
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 05:14 +0000
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 05:23 +0000
      Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-16 21:58 -0400
        Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 05:21 +0000
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-17 10:51 +0000
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-17 09:10 -0400
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-17 14:12 -0400
              Re: Learning about the Kernal William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-03-17 19:03 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 19:08 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-17 15:17 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-20 01:06 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-19 23:52 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-20 10:52 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-20 20:33 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-04-20 09:48 -0400
              Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-17 15:08 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-18 03:36 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-18 10:09 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-20 01:04 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-20 10:58 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-20 09:22 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-20 18:39 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-20 20:04 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-20 21:10 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 05:03 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-20 18:42 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-20 15:31 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 05:13 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-21 09:13 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben <nowhere@nowhere.nor> - 2015-03-21 14:40 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-03-21 12:20 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 19:54 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> - 2015-03-21 17:56 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 19:56 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-03-21 16:18 +0000
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-03-17 16:10 +0200
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-17 14:06 -0400
              Re: Learning about the Kernal William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-03-17 19:00 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2015-03-17 19:05 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-03-17 14:17 -0700
                Re: Learning about the Kernal William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-03-19 06:04 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 08:45 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 08:20 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-21 16:09 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 20:10 +0000
              Re: Learning about the Kernal Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-03-17 22:39 +0200
          Re: Learning about the Kernal Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-03-18 03:35 +0000
            Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 08:47 +0000
              Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-21 20:19 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-21 20:30 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-22 20:05 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-23 01:16 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-23 20:27 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-25 02:57 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-25 02:59 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-25 20:59 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-04-20 09:44 -0400
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 00:07 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-22 00:07 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 01:13 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-22 03:11 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 04:20 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-22 13:19 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-22 15:13 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 21:52 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-03-22 20:13 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-22 22:01 +0100
              Re: Learning about the Kernal Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-03-23 04:02 +0000
                Re: Learning about the Kernal Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-23 05:13 +0100
                Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben <ceo@iran.gov> - 2015-04-12 13:03 +0000
      Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <dont@email.me> - 2015-03-17 05:18 +0000
      Re: Learning about the Kernal ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-03-17 01:52 -0400

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