Thanks for the response.
I was following the instructions posted on the web site of the Linux
Gazette. Pretty much letter-for-letter (except for my site specific stuff;
the name of the kernel etc). The only thing I did different is to unpack the
2.4.4 kernel into a file of that name instead of just Linux (i.e.
/usr/src/linux-2.4.4 instead of /usr/src/linux - this was per the readme in
that kernel). I also made a few site specific changes in "make xconfig".
Other than that it was step-by-step using that guide. It was at step number
20 that I get the below mentioned error.
Here is the URL to get to the guide I was using:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue68/ghosh.html
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mikkel L. Ellertson
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 3:59 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: No module advansys found in kernel 2.4.4
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Graham Squire wrote:
> Hello all,
> I'm trying to learn how to compile and install a kernel. I have downloaded
> and unpacked 2.4.4 and I am using the instructions located in the latest
> copy of The Linux Gazette.
> I've run "make xconfig" allowed for SCSI support and selected "module" for
> Advansys cards in low level SCSI support. I then get all the way to the
> point where I do the "mkinitrd" command and I get the "No module advansys
> found in kernel 2.4.4".
> Now I'm currently running kernel 2.4.4-2 and I can go in and see
advansys.o
> there in the /kernel/drivers/scsi.
> How do I fix this problem?
>
> Graham Squire
>
>
When making the initrd, the extra version of the kernel is important.
As far as it is concerned, 2.4.4 in not the same as 2.4.4-2. There is a
good reasion for this. Many of us use EXTRAVERSION to create seperate
versions of the same kernel. One reasion for this is to have a backup
version when we try the new version in case we left out something
important. Sometime you want to try out a kernel patch that may produce
an unstable kernel, and you want the stable version to fall back on.
Now, when you built the new kernel, exactly what steps did you use? It
is not clear from what you said if you actualy built the new kernel,
much less the modules. You also have to install the new kerenl, and the
new modules that go with it. (make install for the kernel, make
modules_install for the modules.)
Mikkel
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