On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 09:54:56AM +0100, Peter Salisbury wrote: > On Thursday 24 July 2003 10:09, Werner Heuser wrote: > > > Just compile your own kernel.... get the 2.4.21 kernel from kernel.org > > > and look at this: > > > http://www.linuxhelpnetwork.net/tutorials/compile-kernel.php > > > > Better look at the Linux Documentation Project: > > > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/index.html > > > > Werner > > Thanks, I've pulled in the Debian source package for 2.4.21 and I'm using > make-kpkg rather than the above method. So far I've tried three times and the > new kernel gets as far as the 'Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel' > stage of boot and then hangs. > > I've tried both with and without the make-kpkg --initrd switch (with > corresponding line in lilo.conf) but it's the same either way. Is there > something else I should have done? Is there something essential in the > .config that I might have left out?
yes, many things, also pcmcia you were compiling for :) try to copy the old config file (/boot/config-bf24 - I can't remember the name of the file but look for something similar) in the kernel source tree? cp /boot/config-* /usr/src/linux/.config so you have a functional configuration. You can start removing unnecessary options later on with 'make menuconfig' hth -- mattia :wq!
