Hi! OK, now here is the explanation on the kernel configuration and compilation. If you have problems with getting the packages required, you can write me.
1.) The following packages should be installed: libncurses4-dev or libncurses-dev or libncurses5-dev; kernel-package, binutils, bin86, make , a gcc package (gcc, gcc-2.95, g++, g++-2.95) and all packages these ones depend on. (dunno if I'm missing anything here; if the compilation scripts complain about a missing file, you can search for the appropriate package at http://packages.debian.org (use the search form at the bottom). 2.) You now need kernel sources. Firstly, look around which kernel version you have by "dmesg |more". This command will show you the kernel output from tehe startup, and you'll see if your kernel is version 2.2.x or 2.4.x (or if it's very old, 2.0.x). The kernel sources package you'll have to install depend on the distro you have and what kernel you have now: If you have the potato (stable/2.2) distribution and... ... kernel 2.0.x, install kernel-source-2.0.38 ... kernel 2.2.x, install kernel-source-2.2.19 If you have the testing distribution and... ... kernel 2.2.x, install kernel-source-2.2.20 ... kernel 2.4.x, install kernel-source-2.4.18 if you do not have one of these packages, install the most recent kernel-source 2.x.y package available, where x must be the same number which is in your running kernel, y is the higehest number which you have a package for. 3.) Now, go (that means cd, most the work is done on a console!!!) to /usr/src/ . There you'll find a file named kernel-source-2.x.y.tar.bz2 or (...).gz Now, uncompress this package, by tar xzf <filename>.gz or by tar xjf <filename>.bz2 ; this depends on how your sources are compressed. With older tar programs, you must use xIf (where I is a capital "i") instead of xjf. The kernel-sources are now uncompressed; you'll find a new directory under /usr/src with the kernel insinde; now create a symbolic link named linux in /usr/src, which points onto the kernel directory to do this, do the following: cd /usr/src ln -s <name of the kernel dir> linux 4.) Install the tekram315 patches. For getting the newest patch, download http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/dc395/dc395-138.tar.gz into the /usr/src dir and uncompress it by tar xzf. Now, go into /usr/src/dc395 and do the following copy actions: cp -p dc395x_trm.* /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/ cp -p READ* /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/ and now the patching: cd /usr/src/linux patch -p1 < /usr/src/dc395/dc395-integ2x.diff where x stands for the second number in your kernel version (0,2,4). Patch will tell you if it was successful, if errors have occured only while patching readme files or not at all, it will probably work. 5.) Go into /usr/src/linux and call: make-kpkg --config menuconfig --bzimage binary-arch This will start kernel-configuration and compilation. You can now choose, which drivers should be built into your selfmade kernel. There are two different ways of loading drivers in linux: Either, they are compiled directly into the kernel, or they are compiled as modules. Modules are drivers which can be loaded while the system is running; the kernel even can load modules it needs dynamically. I personally would choose to build all important drivers directly into the kernel when doing a compile for the first time, because you won't have to care about loading modules then. Attention: Don't ever compile the ext2 filesystem driver as a module. This leads to a chicken-egg-problem: The kernel cannot load the filesystem where the modules are on and you can only boot by bootdisk/boot-cd. Compile it straight into the kernel! Cause it would be too long if I would explain the whole configuration here, I'll only give some hints; carefully walk through the menus and choose the options, many also have a help text: You'll need to enable "Experimental or new drivers" because the realtek driver is "new" if you're using a 2.2 kernel. Enabling or switching options to "compile as module" (M) works with the whitespace key. Also enable _all three options_ under "loadable module support". For the Realtek card, use the "8139too" driver, if you have a 8139 chip. For the Tekram, use "DC395/U/UW and DC315/U support" under SCSI->SCSI low level drivers under SCSI, of course, CDROM support etc. must be enabled Switch on /dev/agppart under "Character Devices", if available. For the Logitech mouse and keyboard, you'll need the ps2 mouse driver or an usb hid (human interface devices) driver with mouse/kb option (depends on if this kb/mouse is usb) enabled. The USB HID driver and the USB scanner/printer drivers depend on the USB-UHCI /OHCI driver (depends on chipset, for via/intel choose UHCI). After you'll have left the menu and have saved the config, make-kpkg will compile kernel and modules and headers into two .deb packages in /usr/src. Now, install them by: cd /usr/src dpkg -i kern*.deb You'll be asked a few questions, and the kernel will be copied to /boot/vmlinuz-<versionname> or so, a link /vmlinuz which points to /boot/vmlinuz-<versionname> will also be created. The modules are copied under /lib/modules/<kernelversion>. If the package installer complains that you should move your old modules away, I suggest that you go to a second console (by Alt-F2), login as root and cd /lib/modules and move the disturbing directory away by mv <kernelversion> <kernelversion>.sic . Now, call "lilo" once so it is made sure the boot block is properly written and reboot: Good luck, maybe the machine won't boot up any more now, then you'll have to use a debian rescue floppy or debian boot cd; at its boot prompt you can type rescue root=/dev/<debian partition name> to boot your debian system with a rescue kernel, then install an old kernel-image from a cd and just tell me about the errors which occured when trying to boot the new one ;) , I'll try to help you. If you need modules to be loaded at startup by default, although these drivers are not compiled in, you can manually load them with the program modconf; this program also creates entries in /etc/modules so that the modules will be loaded at boottime. To reconfigure the kernel, and compile it again, type make-kpkg clean and then do make-kpkg <options as above> . Cheers, Stephan On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:29:31 +0200 Dan Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > > you'd like this, please give me a short summary of the hardware you> > have (mainboard/processor type, cards which are inside)) > My hardware is like this > > Chaintech motherboard 7KJD > AMD 1700+ XP > 1. 60GB IDE drive with windows XP > 1. 40GB IDE drive with Linux > 1. DVD IDE drive > 1. CDRom scsi drive > 1. CDRW Scsi drive > 1. Tekram 315U SCSI Ctrl. > ATI Radion 64MB > SB Audigy > 1. 3com nic > 1. Realtek nic > 1. USB scanner > 1. USB printer > 1. Par Printer > > And a logitech cordless desktop pro > > TIA. > Dan > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
