Don, First rule of building a kernel for LTSP workstations: Don't use the Redhat supplied kernel sources. They have sooooo many patches applied, you really don't know what you end up with. Go to ftp.kernel.org and grab yourself a nice fresh set of kernel sources.
Also, have you seen the LTSP-3.0 documentation ? There's a whole chapter on building kernels. And, you'll need the ltsp_initrd_kit pkg to setup the initrd. Hope that helps, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don Burns wrote: > Hello, > > I've been working with LTSP for a few days now and am very impressed with > it so far. Congratulations on a great system. > > I am currently trying to use the latest drivers from NVidia on my DCs. > I've read the HOW-To on the web site, and it is helpful, but it leaves > much detail out about building the drivers for the target kernel. > > There are two options offered by the How-to. 1) Build a lts bootable > kernel suitable for the driver you have, or 2) Build a driver for the > distributed tlsp kernel. > > I currently am running RH 7.1 with 2.4.2 kernel on the server, which is > where I am building kernels from. Unfortunately, both the ltsp > documentation and the HOW-to on the web site are not detailed enough > describing kernel configuration and are sketchy with respect to > mknbi-linux. Result : Booting stops with a message : > > Warning: unable to open an initial console. > > I know I've missed something somewhere. > > Both option #1 and option #2 require 'make [x]config' on the kernel. Some > of the documentation seems to refer to premade linux config files > somewhere, but I can't seem to find them, or don't recognize them. > > So, generally, can anyone point me to the .config files? and > specifically, does anyone know why my kernel would end with the "unable to > open initial console" message? > > Thanks! > > -don > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
