Re: A newbie's view

[Seth Vidal <skvidal@new-era.com>]

> That's true, and helpful - but it does nothing about the terror you feel the
> first time when you're asked umpteen questions about hardware you don't have and
> options you don't understand. The help text has been getting more helpful, the
> make xconfig is much nicer because you can go back and change your options when
> you realise you didn't read something right, but there's still a feeling that
> I'm being asked about a lot of options which could be probed for.
> 
> ELF format support (Y/N/M)?
> 
> (where N or M make the kernel unbootable)
> 
> is perhaps an extreme example - and you could get around it with just a
> 
> 'You selected N or M for ELF or IDE support. This will probably make the kernel
> unbootable. Press F3 to confirm your choice'

have you tried make menuconfig or make xconfig (is xconfig working again?)

they are menu driven and have nice accessible help files.

-sv


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