Re: Gentoo on Vaios

Thanks Tom,

I have installed Gentoo in vmware as a test (havn't got X working properly 
with it yet), before moving onto my vaio. I have read the kernel building 
info on the install page, but I don't know enough about kernel building to 
tell if the gentoo-sources + patches are based on 2.4 or 2.5-pre code. I have 
had some limited success with the 2.5-pre kernel in RedHat.

Cheers
Neil

On Monday 21 Jul 2003 8:18 pm, Tom Payne wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 08:07:42PM +0100, Neil Blue wrote:
> > Sorry this question is a little off topic, but how does gentoo/user
> > choose the kernel version that is used when installing? I would like to
> > have the latest acpi support but I can't tell which kernel version I am
> > using with gentoo-kernel
>
> During the installation you download and install the kernel source code,
> and compile and configure it to your liking. Gentoo provide their own
> kernel+patches, but you can also choose just about any other kernel you
> choose. Here's the current list:
>
>                      genkernel         mjc-sources         redhat-sources
> aa-sources           gentoo-sources    mm-sources          rsbac-sources
> ac-sources           gs-sources        mosix-sources       selinux-sources
> alpha-sources        hardened-sources  openmosix-sources   sparc-sources
> arm-headers          hppa-headers      pfeifer-sources     usermode-sources
> arm-sources          hppa-sources      ppc-headers         vanilla-sources
> ck-sources           ksymoops          ppc-sources         win4lin-sources
> compaq-sources       linux-headers     ppc-sources-benh    wolk-sources
> development-sources  mips-headers      ppc-sources-crypto  xfs-sources
> gaming-sources       mips-sources      ppc-sources-dev
>
> Look at the install docs for more info:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml#doc_chap15
>
> I've just switched from the Gentoo kernel+patches to the latest Alan Cox
> kernel.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom
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