After you did the Make Dep and Make zImage or bzImage (which ever the case may be) di
you run
# make modules
#make modules_install
in that order??
then after it is done also do a
#make clean
Let me know
James J. Capone
On Saturday, May 22, 1999 11:45 PM, John Richards [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Hi Cindy, gave this a try with my new 5.3 install. Everything seemed to
> go smoothly except it created a slightly different filename,
> 'vmlinuz-2.2.5-ac3-5mdk'. I'm not sure what the significance of 'ac3' is.
>
> When I boot the new kernel it gets down to the point of 'finding module
> dependicies' and just stops. Fortunately I can reboot and choose my old
> kernel, but I'd like to know what went wrong and how to fix. Anyone have an
> idea?
>
> Here is my system config:
>
> AMD K6-233
> 64mb
> IDE hd and IDE cd-rom
> TX clone m/b with Award bios
> awe64 gold
> ne2000 isa clone
> ati xpert xl (mach64 xserver)
>
> -JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cindy Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 6:11 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Kernel installation(Long message)
>
>
> > I have seen various messages on this list about updating the kernel so I
> > thought I would share my experiences. IMHO, the easiest way is to use the
> > RPMs built by Mandrake from
> >
> ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake5.3/updates/kernel2.2/RPM
> > S/kernel/
> >
> > I downloaded kernel-2.2.5-5mdk.i386 and kernel-headers-2.2.5-5mdk.i386
> into
> > a directory I created on my hard drive. I checked both by changing to the
> > directory I downloaded them to and using the command:
> >
> > rpm -K --nopgp *rpm
> >
> > Both should return a "size md5 ok" . I then installed both of them using
> the
> > commands:
> >
> > rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.5-5mdk.i386
> > rpm -ivh kernel-headers-2.2.5-5mdk.i386
> >
> > This automatically installed a directory in /usr/src called
> > 2.2.5-mdk and a file in /boot called vmlinuz-2.2.5-5mdk.
> >
> > I then downloaded all the file updates from:
> >
> ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake5.3/updates/kernel2.2/RPM
> > S/updates/
> >
> > and checked them using the same command as before then installed them
> using:
> >
> > rpm -Uvh *.rpm
> >
> > I then edited my /etc/lilo.conf file to add the following lines right
> after
> > the "timeout=50" line:
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-5mdk
> > label=new
> > root=/dev/hda(whatever your boot partition is)
> > read-only
> >
> > I then issued the command /sbin/lilo and received confirmation that "new"
> > had been added. It should be noted that I do not boot from a SCSI disk so
> I
> > do not need a "initrd=...." line in my lilo.conf file. I then rebooted and
> > selected "new" at the LILO boot prompt and booted a preconfigured kernel.
> >
> > If you want to recompile the preconfigured kernel, you must also download
> > and install
> > kernel-source-2.2.5-5mdk.i386.rpm. If you do not have pgcc installed as
> your
> > compiler, you need to make the changes listed at:
> >
> > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/kernel2.2-upgrade.html
> >
> > There are also various fixes for post kernel installation problems found
> > there.
> >
> > YMMV and corrections to my method encouraged,
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Cindy
> >
