If you are going to do a make mrproper you might want to save the
/usr/src/linux-2.4/.config file first or you will lose whatever config you
were trying to use.
It doesn't make a difference what order you run make modules or make
bzImage.
Gerry
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Ben Logan wrote:
> 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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