On 06/13/2010 09:00 AM, JD wrote: > > > On 06/13/2010 06:51 AM, Neel Mehta wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I have compiled a linux kernel version 2.6.33.5, and wish to boot the >> kernel in virtual box. How do I do it? My vbox version is 3.2.0, and >> host OS is Ubuntu 10.04. >> >> Thanks and Regards, >> Neel Mehta >> Third year Undergraduate student, >> Electrical Engineering, >> IIT Bombay > > Even though your question doesnot fit this list, I will attempt to > answer it in one posible way (there are others): > > First of all, Assuming your VM's existing kernel is a close predecessor > to kernel 2.6.33.5, such as 2.6.30 or even 2.6.31. I really do not > know if you can install 2.6.33 kernel on a system whose existing kernel > is a much older release - say 2.6.2 or 2.6.5. I wonder > if that might create problems for you. > > 1. If you compiled it from a source rpm, then all you have to do > is place the resulting binary rpm into a shared folder. Once > you boot up your vbox VM, then mount the shared folder, and > sudo rpm -ivh <path-to-the-binary-rpm-package-in-the-shared-folder> > and reboot the VM. > > 2. If you built it from source tarball, then share the directory in > which you built the kernel with your VM. > Boot your VM, and again mount the shared folder, and cd to the > dir where you built the kernel and > sudo make modules_install install fw_install > Reason why you want to do modules_install first is because > if you do make install before modules_install, the install > script will complain that /lib/modules/2.6.34.5....etc does > not exist. Whereas if you specify modules_install first, it will > create the directory and you will not see any error messages. > This has been my experience. One warning: If the build tools of the host are of a different version than the build tools on the guest, then the above instructions may be of no help to you. You will have to bite the bullet and compile the kernel within the guest, and install it as I state above.
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