David L. Johnson schrieb: > Juergen.Schinker wrote: >> David L. Johnson schrieb: >>> Graeme Gregory wrote: >>> >>>> You need to flash 2.6.21 kernel as well, ipkg cannot install kernel for >>>> you >>>> its kept outside of the file system (Sharps Choice). >>>> >>>> Just follow original install procedures but dont put hdimage/initrd on the >>>> CF/SD card. >>> Graeme: I bow at your feet. Ignore my previous follow-up. What I >>> obviously had to do was to copy updater-sh and the appropriate zImage to >>> my CF card, then re-flash as if I was starting from scratch without the >>> hdimage part. I am now back in business. >>> >>> But it was not clear from the information I had that this step was >>> necessary. To Justin: As far as "normal" flashing procedures would go, >>> I don't think it says what those are beyond the initial flash. Of >>> course it makes sense now, but it was somewhat opaque. >>> >>> Should I put what I learned somewhere, like the wiki? >>> >> and now you need the modules as well >> >> i wish i had a warning beforehand > > I don't understand the comment about modules. For me, the modules > updated fine, to the 2.6.21 branch, and the first boot with the new > kernel automatically ran, apparently, the necessary configurations, > since now modules.alias and related files are there, and they weren't > before, and nothing I did had any effect, since although I did not know > it, I was updating the 2.6.20.6 modules, although the kernel was not > finding them, probably because the link in /boot/ to zImage was aimed at > 2.6.21 (I'm guessing about that). > > What went wrong with your modules, after you re-flashed? > after reflash they could not be loaded hence no function i had to copy the modules package manually to / and extract
i assume when yo uupdate the kernel without hdimage you need the modules _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
