How to rebuild the kernel for the network install

[Joshua C.]

2011/9/28 Pete Travis <me at petetravis.com>:
> Bash will expand $(inane -r) for you - you can pass it any kernel you have
> headers installed for.
>
> I wanted to jump in to suggest you reconsider motherboard driven fakeraid.
> The mainboard becomes a single point of failure, and replacing it or
> migrating the array can be problematic, especially with different chipset
> revisions or BIOS versions.
>
> I recommend you set up a mdadm array.  Drivers are in the kernel,
> documentation is profuse, and management is fairly simple once you get the
> hang of it. The graphical installer can even do it for you.  Use the array
> for /home and possibly /etc and /var, and keep your root filesystem separate
> from your important data.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Pete


That's the whole idea behind it. It's on a intel-p67 chipset with the
build-in intel-raid1. I tend to use an mdadm array but I'm not sure
which will be simpler to set and manage afterwards. I have to say I've
not worked with arrays before this.