>> After compiling the new kernel, I get the 'uncompresing >> kernel...OK' text and then nothing happens, the system >> just hangs and i have to reboot it. any ideas!? >> >> My system is a P200 MMX with 128MB RAM. Debian 2.2 >> fully upgraded with a > > Do you still have the config file that you used for your 2.2 > kernel? If so put it in the 2.4 source tree named .config and > run make oldconfig. That will make sure that you have all > of the same config settings that you had before and either > confirm that is is a configuration problem or prove that it > is not.
Is this recommended between *major* kernel revisions, i.e. the change from 2.2.x to 2.4.x ?? I personally had problems when doing this. It would compile okay, but on reboot, it would hang around the point that it tried to mount the filesystem. Starting with a "clean" .config file and then modifying it with my settings (basically the same changes I had with my 2.2.x kernel) seemed to fix this problem. Hall
