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NAME="AEN143">15. Configure and rebuild the linux kernel.</H1
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>Even if you don't absolutely have to do this in order to get a kernel
that supports your hardware, it's worth doing it in order to get a
kernel that doesn't contain masses of drivers for stuff your machine
doesn't have -- and even more so, in order to get a good understanding
of how your kernel configuration options affect the behaviour of your
system! As linux grows, the ability of the distribution vendors to
configure a one-size-fits-all kernel has become very limited. For
details on how it's done, see the Kernel HOWTO; it looks complicated at
first, but it's not rocket science; just take it a step at a time.
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>Install the rebuilt kernel on a floppy at first; once that boots ok,
install on the hard disk, run lilo if you're using it, and reboot.
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