Genkernel manual config

Genkernel is a tool which help you to build a Linux kernel and deploy it along with a ramdisk image which contains all of the necessary modules to make the kernel being able to mount the different partitions of your harddrives in the VFS at the system startup. genkernel works by configuring a kernel nearly identically to the way our LiveCD kernel is configured. This means that when you use genkernel to build your kernel, your system will generally detect all your hardware at boot-time, just like our Live CD does. Because genkernel doesn't require any manual kernel configuration, it is an ideal solution for those users who .  · Kernel config is best done manually, as Neddy pointed out. If you don't want a generic boot (e.g. a livecd install which needs to boot on many systems), don't want dmraid or evms or don't want splash pretty early in the boot process, no need to bother with genkernel: you can reduce your boot time a fair bit.

*--kernel-config*=:: This specifies a kernel configuration file to use for compilation; by default genkernel uses the config from the previous build of the same kernel version or a default kernel config if there isn't a previous config. Use the special value 'default' to force usage of default kernel config. Please be aware that due to lexical ordering the' ewarn '*default* boot entry in your boot manager could still point to last kernel' ewarn 'built with genkernel before that name change, resulting in booting old' ewarn 'kernel when not paying attention on boot.' fi # Show special warning for users depending on remote unlock capabilities local gk. Configure the Kernel. You could manually go in and make your kernel initramfs, however I prefer to go the genkernel route. If you are comfortable with default kernel configuration you can just immediately exit the menuconfig on the genkernel step and skip right to building your kernel.

If a manual configuration looks too daunting, then consider using genkernel. It will configure and build the kernel automatically. genkernel works by configuring a kernel nearly identically to the way the installation CD kernel is configured. This means that when genkernel is used to build the kernel, the system will generally detect hardware it was built for support with at boot-time, just like the installation CD does. root # genkernel --kernel-config=configamd64 all --kernel-config: use the given configfile. If you only give a filename here, it is searched for in your current working dir. Genkernel is a tool which help you to build a Linux kernel and deploy it along with a ramdisk image which contains all of the necessary modules to make the kernel being able to mount the different partitions of your harddrives in the VFS at the system startup.