----- Original Message -----
From: "Pau Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: Kernels 'n' Quotas
> Hi Ben,
>
> At 08:57 AM 4/10/01, you wrote:
> >OK so I don't know for sure if quotas are working. I don't get any
errors
> >but priv_* commands don't work (pause doing nothing) and vsdadm
quotastats
> >gave a segmentation fault.
>
> I was getting that too. It isn't working.
>
>
> >So I guess they're not but why am I not given that error mentionned in
> >"faq.txt" when doing vsd-vsbatch.pl? Nigel Marett says the output of
these
> >errors is no longer to the screen! Why not? This would surely be a
good
> >indication for admins that things are going to go pear shaped creating a
VS
> >with quota support.
>
> Not sure. I don't think I got it either.
>
>
> >Anyway, enough of that. The thing is, how do I compile the kernel and
make
> >the ONLY change enabling quota support (if poss I want the defaults of
"make
> >menuconfig" to be of my current system.) Last time I recompiled kernel I
> >couldn't get my NIC working so I dont want to be doing that again.
>
> When I compile a kernel, I save the config file. If you haven't cleaned up
> after your last compile, your source directory should have a file called
> ".config". If it is there, open it and make sure the CONFIG_QUOTA looks
> like this:
My last compile? I haven't compiled b4 - just installed from Rh6.2
distribution CD. There are some xxxx.config files in /usr/src/linux/configs
(e.g. "kernel-2.2.14-i586.config"). Could I just copy this one into
/usr/src/linux, rename it to ".config" and continue?
---
Cheers,
Ben K
>
> CONFIG_QUOTA=y
>
> Save the file, and then copy it to a backup just in case. Then do the
> following:
> make clean;
>
> Make sure your .config file is there, if not copy the backup to .config.
> Then proceed with the normal compile commands:
>
> make dep:
> make bzImage;
> make modules;
> make modules_install;
>
> If you compiled the kernel you are running, with this source, then you
> should have the same kernel with quota support.
>
> Ta
>
>
> >Or maybe someone knows where I could get a pre-built kernel for i586
system
> >(same as RH6.2 kernel only with quota support)
>
> Compile it yourself. It's good for you! :-)
>
> Take care,
>
> Paul
>
>
> >Thanks,
> >
> >----
> >Ben Kennish
> >
> >Software Engineer
> >Fubra Limited
> >
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>
>
