On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 05:27:40 +0100, ger <gerdono at eircom.net> wrote:
> The kernel is on a production system and recompiling the whole kernel
> without the original config file is not an option.
Why not?
It takes a bit of time, but just go through the menus and setup
everything you need. If you forget something the first time, note it,
recompile, try again. Fair enough, it might require downtime ...
> I reckon i will have to guess my config until modules do not give module
> dependency failures when running depmod against them.
Compile a new set of modules. Better still, use this as an opportunity
to upgrade your kernel, to 2.6
Dermot.
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