Re: [Sheflug] kernel compile woes....

[ross <nospam [at] ntlworld.com>]

On Sunday 20 May 2001 17:48, you wrote:
> >>>>> "ross" == ross h <ross> writes:
> Do you still have your old kernel installed?
>

yes works fine :-)

> When you editted /etc/lilo.conf and ran lilo (please tell me you did)
> were there any errors?
>

yes, i did.........no errors

> Ah. You didn't remove support for ext2 (or ReiserFS if you're using
> that) did you?
>

ext2..... no. reiserFS was a module with the old kernel so i left it as a 
module even though my main partition is reiserfs! thought it was a bit odd 
but it must be ok like this as it gets through a consideralble amount of the 
boot process.

> Removing PCMCIA and IrDA is fine - as you said - you don't use them.
>
> It might be worth while running through a fresh kernel compile, so you
> get the hang of which options are selected by default.
>
> Try:
>
> cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.4
>   [or whatever version it is]

ahh are you supposed to rename the bzImage vmlinuz then? doesn't mention this 
in the docs (as far as i can see)

> cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.4
>

oh... didn't do that (again... the docs with the kernel don't mention this)

> edit /etc/lilo.conf
>

i've got a bit of an odd entry in lilo.conf

image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label=linux
	root=/dev/hdb6
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	read-only

it's this initrd bit.... i've got no idea what this is? do i need it (i guess 
i do) do i have to make a new file for the new kernel?

-- 
Thanks,
        Ross
               ross.h [at] ntlworld.com
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