XPost: comp.os.linux.development.system   
   From: jmcbride@mail-on.us   
      
   phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote:   
      
   > In comp.os.linux.development.system Mark Hobley   
   >  wrote:   
   > | In comp.os.linux.development.system phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote:   
   > |> Now go back and read the original question.  I already know how to   
   > |> build a   
   > |> monolithic kernel manually.  That wasn't what I asked.   
   > |   
   > | Hmmm, the orginal question I saw was:   
   > |   
   > | Does anyone know of a distribution that including building a custom   
   > | monolithic kernel as part of its installation?   
   > |   
   > | The answer to this is "Yes". I gave Gentoo as the name of the   
   > | distribution.   
   >   
   > I would not even classify Gentoo as a distribution at all.  I don't know   
   > what   
   > the best term would be.  I guess I could toss out "meta distribution" to   
   > be   
   > close.  It's more of a framework to build a distribution.  And as such, it   
   > is probably the best piece of work out there besides the kernel itself.   
   >   
   > But it isn't what I'm looking for in this instance of looking.   
   >   
   > I'm looking for an ordinary distribution that builds very little from   
   > source,   
   > perhaps only the kernel itself.  A distribution specializing in those   
   > cases where a statically linked kernel is appropriate (not everyone   
   > understands or acknowledges such cases, so it may be the case many people   
   > exist such cases   
   > to not even exist) would be the search target here.  Such a distribution   
   > would HOPEFULLY not just shrug off the kernel configuration to the user   
   > doing the installation, but instead, would provide some combination of   
   > intelligence to the configuration, and an easy user interface for   
   > configuration (which might be a lot easier if intelligent configuration   
   > initializes it).   
   >   
   > Someone added in the group "alt.os.linux.gentoo".  Now I don't know who is   
   > answering from that group, so I need to leave it on so people who have   
   > joined   
   > this thread from there can get the response.  I will eventually slice it   
   > off   
   > now that I see it has been added.  Whoever did that should not have done   
   > so.   
   >   
      
   What you are looking for does not exist. Get over the fear of configuring   
   your own monolithic kernel and just do it. What's the big deal? As for "an   
   easy user interface" for configuring the kernel... what's wrong with "make   
   menuconfig" or "make xconfig"? It doesn't get much easier than that...   
      
      
      
      
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