Hi,
I've compiled several kernels recently and had to do it more than once
(the first time, I forgot and left PPP support out :). Looking at the
README, I think you might need to run 'make mrproper' _before_ running
xconfig. Also, I don't know if this really matters, but everything
I've read says to run 'make bzImage' before 'make modules'.
Regards,
Ben
On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 10:17:23PM -0800, Mark Seven Smith wrote:
> I need USB support, so I was told to download the new RPM's
> for the kernel (linux-2.4.9-12 is what I found and used),
> and I used "xconfig" to set up the USB stuff (which was
> indeed "off", if the default settings are what were being
> used normally).
>
> Anyway, that went fine--I also found that support for the
> parallel-port Iomega ZIP drive needed to be turn on...
>
> I went through and set a few things how I thought they
> should be set, according to what I understood from the HELP
> buttons in xconfig.
>
> Anyway, I did the rest of the stuff ("make dep clean
> modules modules_install bzImage"), and I got a bzImage
> file, and put it in /boot, calling it
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-13custom, and then did "mkinitrd
> initrd-2.4.9-13custom.img 2.4.9-13custom". Then I fixed up
> LILO to boot the new kernel, and everything was fine!
>
> Except, it wasn't. Not only did my USB printer STILLNOT
> WORK, but my ZIP drive (which at least would be
> recognized!) wouldn't mount, because you "have to specify
> the filesystem". OK, fine...but when I do, it says that
> the filesystem isn't supported!
>
> Now, in xconfig, there is a section I found where I could
> specify support for vfat filesystem (all my ZIP disks are
> formatted for this; so in order to mount them, even to
> convert them to ext2, I still need vfat ability). In the
> USB section too, I think I know what is wrong...
>
> Anyway, I went back in to xconfig ("make xconfig"), and
> re-did things how I figure they should be; and then did all
> the rest, just as I said above; but now I get errors (this
> is the last xth lines of output from the line of MAKEs,
> above, done the second time around):
>
> make[6]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/mtd/nand'
> make[5]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/mtd'
> make[4]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/mtd'
> make -C net fastdep
> make[4]: Entering directory
> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/net'
> .loopback.o.flags:1: *** missing separator. Stop.
> make[4]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/net'
> make[3]: *** [_sfdep_net] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers'
> make[2]: *** [fastdep] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers'
> make[1]: *** [_sfdep_drivers] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12'
> make: *** [dep-files] Error 2
>
>
> That "[dep-files] Error 2" is the last line I get, no
> matter how I try to do this.
>
> AND, there is no
> "/usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/boot/bzImage" file to be
> found! (not even the OLD one!)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA, Mark VII
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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