On Wednesday 02 December 2009 20:52:35 BRM wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Mick <[email protected]> > > > 2009/12/2 BRM <[email protected]>: > > > I'm still working to get my laptop back up; I have one more thing to > > > try. Presently, I am having a problem with the compiling a > > > 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 kernel that actually works. It might be a processor > > > issue - linux reports it as a Pentium M which is what I have selected > > > during 'make menuconfig', but the the grub keeps reporting that it is > > > not a recognized format or something to that effect, so it won't load > > > it. Questions: > > > 1) I am using the Gentoo 2007.0 LiveCD to boot with, then chroot'ing > > > into my installation to build the kernel. I shouldn't need a newer > > > LiveCD, correct? > > > > Correct as long as it recognise your hardware. > > Thanks. > > > > 2) Grub doesn't need to be re-run (e.g. running the grub prompt and > > > going through the install procedure) after changes to the menu file, > > > correct? > > > > Correct, assuming you have installed GRUB correctly in the first instance > > Thanks > > > - which makes me ask: > > What is your exact error message? > > I'll post that tonight. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Marcus Wanner <[email protected]> > > > I got that error when I copied the wrong kernel image to /boot, make > > sure you are copying the one detailed in the gentoo handbook (chapter 7, > > I think). > > The last kernel I copied in I copied the file specified by the kernel's > README: arch/<arch>/boot/bzImage - <arch> being x86. > > Though according to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-config.xml it > should be arch/i386/boot/bzImage...not sure which is right off hand. Will > check into it tonight.
After you finish compiling your kernel scroll up a few lines and you should see something like: arch/x86/boot/bzImage completed (I'm going from memory here) - this is what you want to copy into /boot/ -- Regards, Mick
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