PJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Karthik Ramgopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I am trying to compile 2.6.20 kernel on Fedora Core 6, and was >> able to make menuconfig, make initrd, bzImage etc. I even added an >> entry to grub.conf so that I could boot into it. Problem is that >> kernel starts to boot, but hangs at loading system activity data >> collector (sadc). After 5 mins, some garbled output appears and the >> kernel panics, forcing me to reboot. The Fedora provided kernel >> rpm's are till 2.6.19.2911 (Latest), and they work fine. What could >> be the issue? > > > You've probably configured your kernel wrong for the hardware. You > may have removed options that are needed, or may have checked on > options that can't work with the hardware you have. It may not have > anything to do with the sadc.
Beginner's short guide to recompiling the kernel. 1. Read the Kernel-HOWTO. ;-) 2. copy /boot/config-<working-kernel-version> to /usr/src/linux/ 3. Re-read the Kernel-HOWTO 4. Say `make oldconfig' - this should give you a bloated, but working kernel. Answer the questions on the command line. 5. Compile the kernel. Chances of success are more. Once you get hold of the process, start removing the unnecessary parts. HTH. -- Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.blogspot.com/ E-mail tips http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
