On Freitag, 31. August 2007, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 8/30/07, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Donnerstag, 30. August 2007, Arnau Bria wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I used genkernel for compiling kernel in my home server. > > > Yesterday I wanted to compile a new kernel, but this time by hand, so I > > > did: > > > 1.-) moved config.gz to .config in new /usr/src/linux link > > > > yeah, that won't work - gunzip it first. > > > > > 2.-) make oldconfig > > > 3.-) make all && make modules_install > > > > make all modules_install install > > > > > 4.-) mkinitrd initrm.2.6.21 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 > > > > why not compile everything needed for boot into the kernel? you could > > skip this step?. > > > > > 5.-) Edited menu.lst (just copied genkernel entry and modified to my > > > new bzimage and initram files) > > > > menu.lst with vmlinuz and vmlinuz.old is all what you need, when you use > > make install and don't use an initrd. > > > > > but my new kernel did not start, and gave me a kernel panic... > > > > what type of panic? root fs not found? > > > > > So I wonder what differences could be between my compilation and > > > genkernel one... > > > > I don't know - but I know that genkernel's config sucks. > > Why do you say that? I've been using genkernel for a long time and > never had any problems at all. In fact it has proven to be totally > compatible, you just have to use the menuconfig option and tune the > kernel config just as you would do with the normal compiling, except > it is only one command...
because I have seen more than one non-booting totally f* up kernel created by genkernel. I won't touch it ever again. If something sucked in the past, the change is great that it sucks again in the future. Plus it doesn't really make things easier, does it? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
