Kernel compile error

[Brandon J. Wandersee]

kpneal at pobox.com writes:

> Try compiling GENERIC first. Then remove one or two options and
> recompile. Repeat until satisfied.

While I second the spirit behind this, there are some shortcuts you can
take. If you don't have a RAID controller on your machine, for example,
you can just delete the lines for all the RAID drivers. It's when you
get to more nebulous-yet-vital stuff like network and disk drivers that
you'll want to be more careful.

It's still not a bad idea to build the GENERIC kernel, then build your
custom, uniquely named kernel afterward. This way you at least have a
backup GENERIC kernel at the ready if something goes even more wrong
than expected. ;)

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