Gentoo

>>55142539

lspci -k |grep driver

in a working livecd environment

in kernel config search for each driver name

turn to on

throw in your file systems and possibly other drivers

do various other changes you like, say disabling access to /dev/mem, turning off framepointers, changing scheduler to deadline, etc.

call it a day

>>55142539
nothing much. fucking around with the source code is more fun.

>>55142577
Or could i just go here http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Gentoo_on_a_ThinkPad_T420#Working_Kernel_configuration and copy that text into a .config file and then load it

>>55142599
I guess if that is your machine and you want the exact same configuration as whoever made it

Here's what you're in for: if it boots and all your hardware work then good. If it doesn't boot or your hardware isn't working then just boot your livecd again, go back, fix a few options, compile and reboot.

hmmm i think i enabled everything. lets hope this works xd

>>55142883

goin the ol' arch way, huh

>>55143595
What?

>>55142539
Enable everything

> but muh bloat
It's not the fucking 90s ram and hdds/sdds are cheap.