I have trouble with building a custom kernel and hope somebody can help. Short story: The last thing I tried was to unpack the kernel sources, unpack /proc/config.gz to .config, run make-kpkg, install the resulting binary package, and try the lines new for grub. I would have expected, that this should have given me the exact same kernel that I had before. Instead it gave me a kernel that panics on boot.
I assume I have to apply the kernel-patches at some point. But I could not figure out, how that is done. Where is the documentation for the kernel-patches package? Running /usr/src/kernel-patches/apply/debian -h gives some cryptic instructions. But how do I tell this script where the kernel sources needing to be patched are? And is this the right script after all? I did try running this script from within the sources directory. It then told me it had nothing to do. If that was the right way to invoke the script, then I am again mystified as to why the new kernel differed from the old one. Longer story: The kernel panic has to do with the kernel not finding the root partition. I originally had that problem when trying to install sarge. Then, even the installer did not find my SATA II disc. What I then did was to install woody, upgrade to sarge without replacing the kernel, and wait for etch. Now the installer of etch as well as the installed kernel find the disc, but the compiled kernel does not. Knoppix as well as etch address the disc as /dev/sda (ie SCSI), woody adressed it as /dev/hde (ie IDE). In the mean time I tried compiling a kernel in the old way without make-dpkg. Similar results. One maybe noteworthy fact is, that the custom kernel does not use an initramfs, while the installed kernel does (at least according to grub's menu.lst). The CPU is an AMD sempron. The previous woody and sarge installs were i386, the etch install is amd64. Thankful for any help, Mark Weyer P.S.: Sorry for incorrect details, most likely file and package names. I do not write this mail from the box in question, so cannot check. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
