On Thursday 23 October 2003 4:34 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote:
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> Sorry, I actually removed the whole kernel and vowed to wait for the stable
> version to be released.  Now I am getting my nerves back for another
> attempt this week.

Kevin- Here's a copy of a post I nade on the Gentoo forums about a basic 
method for getting 2.6 working. I realize your problem is mainly the "config" 
part.
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I've been downloading from kernel.org, and getting mm patches for each 2.6 
version, with excellent results. Here's my method, for 2.4 or 2.6 kernels. 
I never compile as root in /usr/src anymore. I made a /home/wrc/kernel 
directory, and untar there, then cd as user to the linux-2.6.0-testx 
directory, and do a normal: 
 
(Optional: apply mm patch (or others I might wish to try) 
make mrproper 
make xconfig 
(Optional: after xconfig, edit Makefile cflags and console output for 2.6. 
They have compile output "silent" by default. I'll post my edits if anyone 
wishes) 
make clean 
make bzImage 
make modules 
THEN SU TO ROOT 
make modules_install 
mount /boot 
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/linux-2.6.0-testx-mmx (I use no System.map, or 
initrd) 
Edit grub with nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf 
and add your new kernel stanza to grub.conf, then reboot to new kernel. 
 
Works for me every time, with no problems whatsoever. I've had mixed results 
with genkernel, and any Gentoo kernels, so I've settled on the above "method 
of choice." I do however, run very lean systems, and others might need 
support for scsi, drivers, etc that I don't use. But for the basics, this 
works very well, and never touches your working setup. 
 
 


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