need a bit of advice again

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Keith Antoine wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 23:51, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Keith Antoine wrote:
> > > #1 I have been trying to compile kernel 2.4.19 for my machine and
> > > initiall it copiled but without mouse and dhcp so i could not connect to
> > > cable. I have managed to get the mouse working BUT, not dhcp so as I can
> > > access the net. I know the configuration has changed but this has me
> > > stumped. So if anyone else has compiled it successfully with cable
> > > access, would you be good enough to send me the config file so as I can
> > > compare mine with it.
> >
> > AFAIK, DHCP is *not* a kernel compile option, its a separate daemon
> > altogether.  So, if netwrking is failing for you, then you're most likely
> > missing the module(s) that your NIC requires.
>
> Sorry but yes I knew the DHCP was not a kernel option, but used that
> ambiguously to illustrate. I am missing something, once upon a time one could
> keep the config as a file and reuse it, but no these days.

You still can reuse it, however you can't reuse a config file from 2.2.5
in a 2.4.18 and expect it to work.  There are occasionally minor changes.

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