What I did was take the old config file from the Caldera install, copy it to the new kernel directory and then run make xfconfig. I could see what existed in the old kernel and the features of the new kernel.
Vern W Heesch wrote: > Thanks Net Llama, > You were right, it was something to do with using make oldconfig. I tried > it from scratch using xconfig and no kernel panic happened. Now I just > need to figure out the right choices when doing it. I had no idea it was > so detailed. > >> Going from 2.4.8 to 2.4.17 is a fairly significant upgrade, and I know >> that some kernel options changed along the way. On top of that, you'll >> most likely need to upgrade some of the items in >> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes . >> >> I think the safest thing to do is not use an old (and questionable) >> config file. THe only way to learn is to do it from scratch. >> >> --- Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Yes, I see those errors as it boots up. >> > I didn't look to see if devfs was turned on. I copied the .config from >> > >> > /usr/src/linux to /root/linux where I was doing the new kernel and >> > used make >> > oldconfig to make sure it had the same parameters as the original >> > kernel, >> > which works fine. >> > I am running Mandrake8.1 with kernel 2.4.8-26mdk and am trying to get >> > kernel >> > 2.4.17 to work. This is all on ext2. >> > >> > > You're seeing those errors at boot?? That looks quite odd to say >> > >> > the >> > >> > > least, especially 'creating root device'. Did you turn on devfs >> > > perchance (a bad idea, especially for someone inexperienced with >> > >> > kernel >> > >> > > builds). Some info additional info here would be useful, such as >> > >> > which >> > >> > > kernel you've been running, which version your'e trying to build >> > >> > etc. >> > >> > > What kind of filesystem / sits on (ext2, ext3, Reiser, XFS). >> > > >> > > --- Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > > I have been trying to compile a newer kernel and now I get a >> > >> > Kernel >> > >> > > > panic >> > > > error on boot. I should note that this was my first attempt at >> > > > kernels, also >> > > > I can boot just fine with the original kernel. The error is: >> > > > >> > > > creating root device >> > > > mkrootdev: mknod failed: 17 >> > > > mounting root filesystem with flags noatime >> > > > mount: error 16 mounting ext2 flgs noatime >> > > > well, retrying without the option flags >> > > > mount: error 16 mounting ext2 >> > > > well, retrying read-only without any flag >> > > > mount: error 16 mounting ext2 >> > > > pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot//initrd) failed: 2 >> > > > remounting devfs at correct place if necessary >> > > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed >> > > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel >> > > > >> > > > I really don't know where I went wrong. I even did the kernel with >> > > > 'make >> > > > oldconfig' to make sure the parameters were the same. Any help >> > >> > would >> > >> > > > be >> > > > greatly appreciated. >> >> ===== >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com >> >> . >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games >> http://sports.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list - >> http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe >> info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
