On Thu, October 19, 2006 10:06 pm, Todd Shoemaker wrote:
> Jim-
>
> When I built a custom kernel and provided my own custom label in the
> kernel config (e.g. -ts-amd64-smp), the build_initramfs did not add this
> information to the modules directory, so it would fail to build the
> initramfs. I fixed it by adding the following line around line 166 and
> editing the KERNEL_VER variable:
>
> eval `grep "^CONFIG_LOCALVERSION" ${KERNEL_SRC}/.config`
>
> KERNEL_VER=${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL}.${SUBLEVEL}${EXTRAVERSION}${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION}
>
> This made it work. I don't know if this is the same problem that Jens
> is having, but it could help others. I think the local version is a
> newer variable that is kept in .config, whereas the other extraversion
> used to be in another file, IIRC.
Very cool. I've not run into this before. I'll have to take a closer
look to see why it's worked fine for me in the past.
Thanks,
Jim.
>
> -Todd
>
> Jim McQuillan wrote:
>> On Thu, October 19, 2006 12:22 pm, Jens Korth wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Jim,
>>>
>>> thank you for offering your help. Here is the information.
>>>
>>> -------------
>>> pxelinux.cfg/default: (I don't belive that the problem is here. If I
>>> take the ltsp pre-compiled kernel, the same file works fine...):
>>>
>>>
>>> prompt 0
>>> label linux
>>> kernel bzImage-2.6.17.8-ltsp-shuttle
>>> append rw root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initramfs.gz NIC=tg3
>>> --------
>>>
>>> Directory listing of the tftpboot directory which is used by dhcpd:
>>>
>>>
>>> /tftpboot/lts/2.6.17.8-ltsp-shuttle/:
>>> insgesamt 4348
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1689510 19. Oct 00:30
>>> bzImage-2.6.17.8-ltsp-shuttle
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2734887 19. Oct 00:30 initramfs.gz
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11826 19. Oct 00:30 pxelinux.0
>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 19. Oct 00:30 pxelinux.cfg
>>>
>>> /tftpboot/lts/2.6.17.8-ltsp-shuttle/pxelinux.cfg:
>>> insgesamt 4
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115 19. Oct 00:33 default
>>>
>>> -----------------------------
>>>
>>> All that seems ok to me ?! Maybe the initramfs.gz is not built
>>> correctly
>>> by the script?!
>>>
>>
>>
>> well, I suppose it's possible. Lets take a look at the initramfs.gz
>>
>> It's a gzipped cpio file.
>>
>> So, try this:
>>
>> cd /tftpboot/2.6.17.8-ltsp-shuttle
>> mkdir initramfs
>> cd initramfs
>> gunzip <../initramfs.gz | cpio -ivmud
>>
>> This should result in the contents of the initramfs.gz file being dumped
>> into the initramfs directory. You should have a file called 'init'. If
>> you do, then maybe something's goofy with your kernel. But, didn't you
>> say you didn't change anything in the config?
>>
>> btw, why do you even want to build a custom kernel?
>>
>> Jim McQuillan
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thank you
>>> Jens
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim McQuillan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, October 19, 2006 10:05 am, Jens Korth wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to compile my own kernel for ltsp 4.2.
>>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>> - installed the 2.6.17.8 kernel sources
>>>>> - installed the kernel kit
>>>>> - copied the 2.6.17.8 .config file from the kit to the kernel
>>>>> directory
>>>>> - run make oldconfig (but didn't change anything for the beginning)
>>>>> - changed "Extraversion" in the makefile
>>>>> - run "make, make modules, make modules_install"
>>>>> - run build_initramfs
>>>>>
>>>>> All that seems to run without problems. I get a new kernel with the
>>>>> pxe
>>>>> files etc. in the tftboot/lts directory, modules are installed into
>>>>> /opt/ltsp-4.2/i386/lib/modules/kernelname
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I then changed the dhcpd config to point to the new kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The kernel boots from pxe without any problem, but stops at the end
>>>>> with
>>>>> an error
>>>>> "Failed to execute /init"
>>>>> "Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option
>>>>> to
>>>>> kernel."
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can you show us the pxelinux.cfg/default file that you are using?
>>>> Also,
>>>> a
>>>> listing of the directory where your kernel and initrd file reside
>>>> might
>>>> help too:
>>>>
>>>> ls -lR /tftpboot/lts
>>>>
>>>> would be helpful.
>>>>
>>>> Jim McQuillan
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas what I missed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much for your help.
>>>>>
>>>>> jens
>>>>>
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