> the thing is i did everything up to make modules on a fast machine on the > network... and then went back to my laptop... mounted my home directory > with the linux-2.4.20 directory on it... and proceeded with make > modules_install and make install... could that be a problem? my > supervisors say it isnt possible though...
No, that shouldn't be it. It's fine to build on another machine, providing that the distributions are the same. If they're not you could run into problems if glibc expects certain kernel features, but I don't think this is too likely. > > then i checked in /boot... the System map, vmlinuz and initrd.img for > 2.4.20 were there... lilo.conf also contained an entry... seems perfectly > fine > > when i try to boot the kernel... immediately after choosing it, it says > 'loading 2420'... 'BIOS data check'... and reboots on its own again... > same story with 2.4.18 which i tried earlier... > What Processor Type is selected in menuconfig? The above error will occur if there's a processor type mismatch. E.g., you select Athlon in your menuconfig but are instead running an Intel processor. > i tried modifying lilo.conf... so it loads the kernel without doing a bios > check by appending "nobd" to the entry... but it still stuffs up... which > leads me to think that its not the bios data check either... > > i am baffled with this thing... its bizarre... what am i doing wrong? > could it be that i dont have the right options checked in make menuconfig? > > i dont have another machine handy to view messages thru the serial > console... am not too sure abt the specs of the laptop because its owned > by the university and i have been given it to do my final year project... > but it doesnt have as much memory as i would like it to have though... > runs pretty slow... > What's the model number and model of the laptop? You can use that info to search Google for the specs. > thanks >
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