2000-09-22 23:14:14+00 by Dan Lyke 5 comments
There's a certain sort of terror in this:
# cd /usr/src/kernel-xxx
# make config
# make dep
# make zlilo
# make modules
# make modules_install
# reboot
Of the "oh shit I hope the condom didn't break" sort...
comments in ascending chronological order (reverse):
#Comment made: 2002-02-21 05:30:18+00 by: ebradway
It's even more fun when you're doing it on a server that's a couple thousand miles away...
#Comment made: 2002-02-21 05:30:18+00 by: kroah
Yeah, but you should always save a known good kernel incase this one does not boot properly (have to edit lilo.conf by hand, and it doesn't work well when your doing this on a server a long distance away...)
#Comment made: 2002-02-21 05:30:18+00 by: OnceShy
The server can be just a few miles away as long as its the central machine for a major wireless co ... :-)
#Comment made: 2002-02-21 05:30:21+00 by: jwegman
Not nearly, however, as terifying as, say, upgrading a WinNT device driver or installing a service pack ;-)
#Comment made: 2002-02-21 05:30:22+00 by: Dan Lyke
The most frightening words in the English language are: "Windows has detected new hardware..."