[Sussex] Kernels and installs

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

Steve,

Thanks,

That makes sense now!

Cheers,

Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sussex-admin at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:sussex-admin at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Steve Dobson
> Sent: 10 September 2002 10:48
> To: 'sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk'
> Subject: RE: [Sussex] Kernels and installs
> 
> 
> 
> > From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
> > 
> > I'm perplexed by something...
> 
> Happens to us all. :-)
> 
> > I fdisked and formatted the HD of my laptop - surely removing 
> > all trace of files etc?
> 
> It is possible to find up what was there.  GCHQ can read data that
> has been overwritten 3 times I believe - they look at the pitting of
> the platter surface under a microscope.
> 
> But for us normal people, yes it's gone forever.
> 
> > I installed the core linux distro and in the install instructions,
> > it says you need to compile in the kernel before it will work. 
> > (Rolling your own is fun!)
> > 
> > This all makes sense, however, I didn't compile in the kernel 
> > last night, I've powered it up this morning, and it's sitting
> > there beaming at me quite happily!
> > 
> > How can this happen if I haven't installed the kernel?
> 
> The distro installs a generic kernel.  It's not tuned to your system
> and, from what you report, probably doesn't have configured in
> options not needed for installation (like sound support).
> 
> Steve
> 
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