Re: What if quwstion...

[Brian Pitt <bfp-at-earthlink.net>]

Hi Pete

what kernel version were you trying to transfer over?
if it was a 2.4.X kernel it will NOT boot on a UMSDOS filesystem.
you will need to use a 2.2.X series kernel on ZipSlack 
2.2.19 for Slackware-8.0 with RTAI-1.7 or RTL-3.0 (or try 3.1)

the easiest way to configure the kernel for ZipSlack is to import
the settings from the original ZipSlack config file ( /boot/config ) and 
only change the things that really need changing for the realtime patch
don't try to customize it too much 
this will give you a modular kernel that should run on just about anything
(you can also find the config files for all the Slackware kernels on line
at ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/kernels )

the pre-compiled kernels from most distros will usually have some
un-official patches and fixes applied to get them to work on the widest
variety of hardware and are almost always built to run on a baseline 386 
Slackware uses the patches only on pre-compiled kernels the kernel
source code that gets installed is not patched (unlike RH) so the realtime
patches will go in without a hitch

getting EMC to compile can be a trick depending on the EMC version
sometimes the makefiles can be Red Hat specific for the file locations
and you might have to hunt down some missing parts
( RH likes to do things just a little differently than everyone else )

the sink-or-swim learning curve is kind of a Linux tradition :-)
on many Linux newsgroups questions are answered by giving a
link to a FAQ ,HOW-TO or man page rather than just answering it
straight out
we usually try to do a little better around here...  usually ;-)


Brian
PS: Slackware is not based on Debian-
Slackware first release in April of 1993 by Patrick Volkerding
Debian founded by Debra & Ian Murdock August 16 1993
Red Hat Founded in 1994 by Red Hat Inc.