Guys, I am trying to customize my kernel 2.6.6 but it fails to boot. I have a theory of why it is not booting, but I don't know how to fix it.
Let's see, I first downloaded and installed kernel-2.6.6-1-386 and installed it just fine. I have a directory called /lib/modules/2.6.6-1-386. Then I downloaded the kernel source for kernel version "2.6.6", check out the difference in the version as compared to "2.6.6-1-386". I then issued the following commands: make menuconfig make make modules_install make install This created a directory called "/lib/modules/2.6.6". So far, so good. Then I customized grub's menu.lst to include an option for the new kernel. While booting with the new kernel it fails because the directory /lib/modules/2.6.6 does not exist. My theory is that the problem relies in the file called initrd.img-2.6.6-1-386. Since the make process didn't create a initrd.img-2.6.6 I kept the same one. Last night I realized that this file is a "ram disk" and there is a directory called /lib/modules/2.6.6-1-386. So, when the kernel says that it doesn't find the directory /lib/modules/2.6.6 means that it doesn't find it the ram disk, not in my hard drive. Am I on the right track here? Now, I created a copy of it and mounted it. My idea was to rename the directory /lib/modules/2.6.6-1-386 to /lib/modules/3.6.6 in the ram disk, but it says that it is a readonly device. The mount command clearly displays it as "rw". I mounted it with the "-o loop" option. I also tried to create a ram drive myself. I tried different sizes. The last one I tried was twice in size, but when I was copying everything from one ram drive to the other, it was running out of space. So, any ideas about how to rename the directory in the ram disk? TIA, -Marvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
