Hi Srinivas, Even doing update-grub command , I was not able to see new menu-entry in /boot/grub/grub.cfg . Somehow , "update-grub" not catching "* initrd-img-2.6.35.9-custom"* in the boot
Any help on this highly appreciated r...@ubuntu:/boot# ls abi-2.6.32-24-generic memtest86+.bin config-2.6.32-24-generic System.map-2.6.32-24-generic config-2.6.35.9 System.map-2.6.35.9 grub vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-24-generic initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic *initrd-img-2.6.35.9-custom* vmlinuz-2.6.35.9 initrd-img-kernel-2.6.35.9 r...@ubuntu:/boot# update-grub Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.9 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic *Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic *Found Microsoft Windows XP Professional on /dev/sda2 done r...@ubuntu:/boot# On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Srinivas G. < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Ubuntu 10.10, you need to update /etc/default/grub and then use > > > 'sudo update-grub' to update your configuration. > > > > > > > I see, thanks for the info on grub2 guys! If the files were copied to > > /boot it sounds like the original poster just needs to update grub. I > > still don't understand how the files got copied tho, I always have to > > dpkg them myself (not done at the make-kpkg stage) and grub is taken > > care of then. > > On Ubuntu systems, just follow the following steps for building the new > kernel images. > > Note: I build the kernel image as a ROOT, here. So, I did not use the > SUDO. > > 1) Download the required kernel version TAR ball from the www.kernel.org > and extract it in the /usr/src directory. > 2) Change into the newly created directory. > 3) Build the kernel with the following set of commands from > /usr/src/linux directory. Here the linux is a link to the newly created > directory. > 4) Then run the following commands. > # make mrproper > # make clean > # make menuconfig - Just exit from the GUI menu by pressing YES. > # make prepare > # make menuconfig - Do the modifications, whatever you want. > # make clean > # make bzImage (capital L letter in bzImage) > # make modules > # make modules_install > # make install > > Then, build the initrd file with the following command from anywhere, > however you need to copy the build initrd file explicitly to the /boot > directory. > # mkinitramfs -o initrd-img-kernel-version kernel-version > > Finally, update the grub with the following command from /boot directory > and restart the system. By default it boots into the newly build kernel > image. > # update-grub > > For more information on Grub follow the link > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 > > Thanks and Regards, > Srinivas G > > -- Regards, S. Sengottuvelan.
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