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I just found this . It's BSD but I think it's interesting. I know I've got a much faster boot in Debian by customising and so far I don't think ...
- 10-04-2009 #1Linux Engineer
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Just when I've built a custom kernel... why you shouldn't!
I just found this. It's BSD but I think it's interesting. I know I've got a much faster boot in Debian by customising and so far I don't think I've broken anything.
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- 10-04-2009 #2Linux Guru
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As you said ... it's for BSD. I don't think the link between kernel and the rest of the OS is quite so tight with Linux ... The default for Gentoo, Crux and probably quite a few other distros is compile a custom kernel. Keeping an old kernel that you can boot the system in an emergency and a few strategic copies of .config at various stages should get you out of trouble ... with minimal effort
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