On Thu 20 Sep at 13:03:36 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] done said:
> On Wednesday 19 September 2001 22:16, you wrote:
> > OK.. I have tried to upgrade my kernel in Mandrake 8.0 about 5 times now,
> > and I just can't get the damn thing to go in correctly.. something always
> > fails, or doesn't work (internet being the main one) and then it's no
> > longer stable.
> >
>
> For what you are saying it looks to me you're using softwaremanager to try to
> upgrade your kernel DON'T!!!
>
> Download the rpm file and install MANUALLY
> us rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.whatever.i586.rpm
> it is ALL you need.
Well, it looks like he's trying to compile his own kernel. At least
that's what he says below.
> > I have done it with 2.4.7 and 2.4.9 and neither works. Maybe I should be
> > upgrading and not compiling a full new kernel? Not totally sure what I
> > "need" in the kernel config file (I use make menuconfig, then make dep
> > modules modules_install install)
Ah, well, it looks like you're missing the most important part -- 'make
bzImage'. That is the step that actually makes the kernel. Give that
one a go and see what happens. I'm surprised the 'make install' step
doesn't fail. Shouldn't it be copying over /usr/src/linux/System.map
and /usr/src/linux/arch/{arch}/boot/bzImage to /boot? I'd imagine that
if those files don't exist and it exits without any errors, that'd be a
slight bug (IMHO).
Anyway, hope that helps,
-Charlie
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