Re: how do you recompile the kernel?
On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, roadrun37 wrote: 4) so instead i did make dep 5) then make clean 6) make zImage 7) make zdisk 8) make modules 9) make modules_install 10) cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /dev/fd0 Like someone else said, you don't need 6 or 10 with make zdisk. But that doesn't mean 6 or 10 are wrong, just repeated. that should be the end? did i forget something? when i boot up, it sees the SoundBlaster, but it then gives me a slew of messages about the modules, how it can't see the vfat or the gpm mouse devices. Ok, the fact that it sees the sound blaster is good. It means you compiled your kernel and it you were able to boot with the new one. I have a feeling that you didn't select some of the correct things for the modules. For vfat, did you modularize the vfat choice in the filesystems menu? Also for gpm, what kind of mouse is it? If it's a ps/2, you need to have the ps/2 option selected in the character devices menu. Does anyone else have this problem? Can someone give me an answer? (preferably someone with a Debian system?) Let us know how it goes. Brandon (who looks forward to the 2.2 days when sound is a module and kernel compiles don't need to be done by the users, only the speed demons, like me :-) +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kernel/sched.c) |
how do you recompile the kernel?
I use a boot disk to get into Debian linux. I've looked at all the relevant kernel info and some give conflicting instructions. My immediate concern is getting my Sound Blaster AWE64 Value recognized my the system. Anyway, I looked at the SoundBlaster-Awe mini howto and the Sound-Howto and the Kernel-Howto. 1) i used make menuconfig. 2) i picked the relevant options. 3) i saved the configuration. The SoundBlaster-Awe mini told me to do : make-pkg ... (something like that) i couldn't. 4) so instead i did make dep 5) then make clean 6) make zImage 7) make zdisk 8) make modules 9) make modules_install 10) cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /dev/fd0 that should be the end? did i forget something? when i boot up, it sees the SoundBlaster, but it then gives me a slew of messages about the modules, how it can't see the vfat or the gpm mouse devices. Does anyone else have this problem? Can someone give me an answer? (preferably someone with a Debian system?)
RE: how do you recompile the kernel?
Install the kernel-package. do the make menuconfig then type: make-kpkg --revision=1.0 binary. You will have a few .deb's appear. Install the image.deb at the least.
Re: how do you recompile the kernel?
On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, roadrun37 wrote: I use a boot disk to get into Debian linux. I've looked at all the relevant kernel info and some give conflicting instructions. My immediate concern is getting my Sound Blaster AWE64 Value recognized my the system. Anyway, I looked at the SoundBlaster-Awe mini howto and the Sound-Howto and the Kernel-Howto. 1) i used make menuconfig. 2) i picked the relevant options. 3) i saved the configuration. The SoundBlaster-Awe mini told me to do : make-pkg ... (something like that) i couldn't. 4) so instead i did make dep 5) then make clean 6) make zImage 7) make zdisk 8) make modules 9) make modules_install 10) cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /dev/fd0 'make zdisk' makes the zImage file and writes it to the floppy, so steps 6) and 10) aren't needed. that should be the end? did i forget something? when i boot up, it sees the SoundBlaster, but it then gives me a slew of messages about the modules, how it can't see the vfat or the gpm mouse devices. Does anyone else have this problem? Can someone give me an answer? (preferably someone with a Debian system?) Does 'uname -a' show the correct date and time you compiled your kernel? It looks like you possibly forgot to cp the zImage file to / or /boot (wherever your /etc/lilo.conf says it should be) and to run lilo. If you install the Debian kernel-package file, running make-kpkg will nicely handle things for you and create a kernel-source .deb, which you can then install. You will be asked during the installation if you want to make a floppy and if you want to update LILO. If you are actually running the new kernel, I would suspect an error was introduced during the menuconfig process. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: how do you recompile the kernel?
r == roadrun37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: r The SoundBlaster-Awe mini told me to do : make-pkg ... (something r like that) i couldn't. Maybe you don't have the kernel-package package installed. Check with dpkg -s kernel-package . It is in the admin section, if you need to install it. r Does anyone else have this problem? Can someone give me an answer? modprobe -a is missing IIRC. Still, better yuse the kernel-package. r (preferably someone with a Debian system?) Well on a Debian mailinglist, the probability to find someone who uses Debian is quite high, I believe :-) Ciao, Martin
Re: how do you recompile the kernel?
S == Shaleh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: S Install the kernel-package. do the make menuconfig then type: make-kpkg S --revision=1.0 binary. You will have a few .deb's appear. Install the S image.deb at the least. If you use make-kpkg [other stuff] kernel_image, then only the kernel image package will be generated. Ciao, Martin
