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—wiki:talk:linux:kernelbuilding [2006/09/20 09:33] – alien
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 +====== Discussion on building Linux kernels ======
 +
 +Feel free to comment on this Wiki page. Do you have suggestions to make it better? Critical remarks? Leave them here.
 +
 + --- Eric
 +
 +---------------------------------------------------
 +
 +> Found typo: '... a X terminal...' / Should be: '... an X terminal...'
 +But did it really need **six** revisions of your feedback line to tell me this :-) That is what the ''[Preview]'' button is for...\\ 
 + --- Eric
 +
 +So sorry about that. When it comes to editing: can't help meself, mate :)
 +
 +---------------------------------------------------
 +
 +>Spotted a formatting typo. Look under **Modifying lilo.conf**
 +
 +The first code block in the section says:
 +<code>
 +label = linux read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking
 +</code>
 +It should be two lines:
 +<code>
 +label = linux
 +read-only     # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking
 +</code>
 +
 +Perhaps a rogue <key>return</key> key didn't show up? It was probably taking
 +some unwarranted holiday somewhere or other. It might even be slacking somewhere
 +else on this site for all we know. Hey, in the ChangeLog recently Pat lost a '['.
 +"It had fallen off my desk and ended up under a table". That's always a pain.
 +
 +Nice guide Eric. Thanks for the rest of your good work too. I appreciate you
 +highlighting the point Linus made (the infamous /usr/src 'zombie' instructions),
 +and the fact that it's a 'non-issue' with Slackware.
 +
 +However I still think Linus has a point. If nothing else, juggling chainsaws
 +when you're tired, and you've done it a million times before, **could** be
 +hazardous to your health ;-)
 +
 +- mjc -
 +
 +Thanks for spotting this mjc, I fixed it. The kernel sources location is a hot topic on [[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?f=14|LQ nowadays]].\\ 
 + --- Eric
 +
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