On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 11:38:34 +0800 Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've just recompiled my kernel and it failed at the very last > step (installing the kernel). My procedure: > > 1) Use "make xconfig" to choose my settings > 2) make dep clean bzImage modules > 3) make install modules_install > > I received no error messages until the very end when make install > tried to write to LILO and couldn't find it (because I don't use > LILO, I use GRUB). It offered to make a bootable floppy, and I > chose "yes". The floppy was made, but Debian crashes immediately > when I boot off that floppy. > > I tried copying the file "vmlinuz" on the floppy and putting it > into /boot, but that leads to the same problem - instant crash. > > Should I conclude that the new kernel I created, "vmlinuz", is > screwed? Or is there something else I need to do to install my > new kernel? > > By the way, is there some good documentation on this? I'm just > using an old Redhat book as my guide, but I'd prefer something > Debian specific. I don't use kpkg - so my advice will be different; I also don't use modules - so I can't direct you explicitly there - but here is what I do; make menuconfig make dep make -j2 bzImage (uses 2 processes - faster) cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-new cp System.map /boot/System.map-new (obviously these two are done from the top dir of your kernel source) Thus - I never do a "make install" - I also use grub... so after you copy the kernel to the /boot dir you need to add an entry to /boot/grub/menu.lst... safest to copy and edit the one that is already there... for modules i guess you will have to do a make modules _after_ make bzImage (at least after "make dep") and I would back up the present modules (in /lib/modules/`uname -r`) then make modules_install This method works for me... again I don't even use modules - too much configuration. This website helped me www.linuxchix.org/content/courses/kernel_hacking/lesson3 and *no* I am not a chick. HTH, Shawn > > thanks in advance, > Robert > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shawn Lamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
