On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Ritesh S spewed into the ether:
> I then went on to try to install Lin 2.4.1
Ok. Did you follow the kernel HOWTO properly?
> I did a ./configure
a ./configure for the kernel? You sure you are talking about the
correct problem? Or did you do a make [*]config?
> Now i have major and minor number problem with all win
> partitions and my cdrom........
Did you compile in support for your filesystem types?
> I did do a make modules and modules_installed.
> I cannot access any win partition..... CD or the net
> even from the kernel which came along with redhat....
Did you modify LILO? Didn't you save your older kernel?
Lots of details, please.
> Please tell me how should i have gone about installing
> lin 2.4......... the step by step guide after
> installing RH7 incase I format my disk............
Try RH6.2, it will be easier on you.
RH7.0 is seriously broken for C programs. They shipped with a snapshot
gcc which has enhanced support for C++.
First download the kernel source
#tar -zxvf (or -Ixvf for the .bz2 file) linux.*.
#ln -s /path/to/untarred/linux /usr/src/linux
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make config (or menuconfig or make config)
#vi Makefile
Change gcc to kgcc.
#make -j5 dep clean bzImage modules modules-install
#cp arch/i/forget/this/path/bzImage /boot
#cp `find . -iname System.map` /boot/system.map-version
#mv /boot/system.map /boot/system.map-oldversion
#ln -s /boot/system.map-version /boot/system.map
#vi /etc/lilo.conf
Add new entry here
#/sbin/lilo
> Also I cannot access lin 2.4 source I deleted it ...
> the /usr/src/linux source gives errors when i attempt
> to compile it......
If you deleted the source, you will get errors.
> PS: I HAVE A CREATIVE VIBRA 128 WHICH SNDCONFIG SAYS
> IT IS NOT SUPPORTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SB NOT
> SUPPORTED?????????????/
Don't shout. Are your modules compiled correctly? Did you compile SB
support as a module?
Devdas Bhagat
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