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Howard Arons wrote:
Steven Udell wrote:
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ppp should be direct compiled too Thing about todays Kernels is they are hightly moduleized (or can be) for sleek,quickness, and non bloat.
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Steven Udell hettar@teleport.com
Now is my chance to ask a question that's been bothering me since I installed 5.2. The kernel I installed out of the box does indeed have SCSI compiled in, but PPP isn't (no boot time PPP message). I have PPP on demand, so I assume that kerneld adds the PPP module as required. If so (a big if for a Linux newbie), why did you recommend that PPP be directly compiled?
I use PPP every time I log onto my system. This is my reason. Sorry about not answering Marcs question right. I guess at 1 am (about when I get home) I didn't read it good enough. Marc, The SuSE Kernel that is put into place as you first install is rather huge. This is for making sure that all hardware you may have in maybe included right from the start. I can not answer your question however on which options are set in the first kernel that is installed at install time. I never fully knew this my-self. A few trys at compiling a kernel myself and after making a hardware list, I now can compile a standard kernel that will support all my hardware in minutes. Just takes practice. Lets put it in a quick note, you will not need 300f what SuSE picks on its Kernel at first install, so listing them is not going to be your anwser to a comparable Kernel. Steve Udell hettar@teleport.com -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e