Re: compiling a kernel from kernel.org [SOLVED]

2009-10-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 21 2009, Gregor Galwas wrote: > The only problem to be solved was the initrd. it has NOT been > generated by dpkg during the installation. > so I generated it using mkinitramfs -c -k 2.6.32-rc5. worked > fine. update-grub - worked fine as well. ,[ Manual page make-kpkg(1) ] | --i

Re: compiling a kernel from kernel.org [SOLVED]

2009-10-21 Thread thveillon.debian
Gregor Galwas wrote: > Hey, > > Thx everybody for your quick answers and friendly help. > > You were right. I removed all Xen options from the kernel config and > > linux-image-2.6.32-rc5_20091016-2_amd64.deb > > has been built. > Installing it with "dpkg -i ..." worked fine. > The only problem

Re: compiling a kernel from kernel.org [SOLVED]

2009-10-20 Thread Gregor Galwas
Hey, Thx everybody for your quick answers and friendly help. You were right. I removed all Xen options from the kernel config and linux-image-2.6.32-rc5_20091016-2_amd64.deb has been built. Installing it with "dpkg -i ..." worked fine. The only problem to be solved was the initrd. it has NOT b

Re: compiling a kernel from kernel.org

2009-10-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Well, firstly, if you are going to be using the buildpackage target, instead of the far faster kernel_image target, you should either configure /etc/kernel-pkg.conf, adding your name and email, and have that in a keyring your gpg knows about, or pass the --us and --uc arguments on

Re: Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread Alan Ianson
On Wed October 25 2006 06:39, David Baron wrote: > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:29, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:31:46PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > > > With this install of Debian I decided to stick to what I know, and > > > grabbed the binary installer direct from NVidia.

Re: Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread David Baron
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:29, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:31:46PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > > With this install of Debian I decided to stick to what I know, and > > grabbed the binary installer direct from NVidia. I ran that, and in > > less than two minutes I was up a

Re: Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread cothrige
* Chris Bannister ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Apparently the binary installer from NVidia messes with the libraries on > the system and is not the recommended method for installing. > > Read http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/ > > The Debian way is certainly a lot easier. Now where

Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:31:46PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > With this install of Debian I decided to stick to what I know, and > grabbed the binary installer direct from NVidia. I ran that, and in > less than two minutes I was up and running. No complaints from Debian > and no complaints from NVi

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-24 Thread Michael D. Norwick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >You have gotten a couple DIFFERENT approaches to installing a kernel on Debian. >At least one comment should send up a warning: Yes, a level-minded user. >On compiling with --initrd, I finally drank the coolade last year. Before I tried to have no >modules, compiling n

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-23 Thread cothrige
* Jameson C. Burt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > You have gotten a couple DIFFERENT approaches to installing a kernel on > Debian. > At least one comment should send up a warning: > if the approach becomes too intricate, or requires specialization, > very likely you read minute details that you shoul

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-23 Thread David A.
I look here when I compile my own kernel: http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ /David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-23 Thread Jameson C. Burt
You have gotten a couple DIFFERENT approaches to installing a kernel on Debian. At least one comment should send up a warning: if the approach becomes too intricate, or requires specialization, very likely you read minute details that you should never need learn (unless you're creating Debian packa

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-23 Thread Yura
John O'Hagan wrote: On Sunday 22 October 2006 18:02, cothrige wrote: [...] In the past, as a Slackware user, I never installed an OS where I didn't immediately compile a new kernel. Slack uses a 2.4 kernel, and I use some peripheral items which seem to require, or at least greatly prefer a 2

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* Andrei Popescu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > initrd's are especially useful for distros, because a kernel with all > stuff compiled in is not an option (too big), but you still need some > of the modules very early in the boot process, when the root filesystem > is not accessible yet. For your

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Damon L. Chesser
cothrige wrote: * Tim Post ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: depmod should be called by the makefile upon make modules_install after a successful build. Its really as easy as make, make modules_install , make install and a mkinitrd (if you need one). If using GRUB, remember by default the selecti

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have never used initrd, at least not when I have compiled a kernel. > To be entirely honest I have never fully understood just what it > does. I was under the impression it was for things like booting from > reiser fs and having to load modules to do it. H

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* John O'Hagan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Installing the kernel-package generated by make-kpkg will automatically > detect > and update grub, and add itself to menu.list. How easy is that? Now that it is a nifty feature. I suppose there is certainly something to be said for the Debian appr

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* Gilles Mocellin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > This modprobe.conf is modularized in several files (you can add one) > in /etc/modprobe.d/. Ahh yes, I see that. I would think I could run 'generate-modprobe.conf > ~/modprobe.conf' and then split the info up as I need it. Shouldn't be too impos

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* Tim Post ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > depmod should be called by the makefile upon make modules_install after > a successful build. Its really as easy as make, make modules_install , > make install and a mkinitrd (if you need one). > > If using GRUB, remember by default the selection menu is hi

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Tim Post
depmod should be called by the makefile upon make modules_install after a successful build. Its really as easy as make, make modules_install , make install and a mkinitrd (if you need one). If using GRUB, remember by default the selection menu is hidden. You'll need to comment out the "hiddenmenu

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread John O'Hagan
On Monday 23 October 2006 00:36, cothrige wrote: > * John O'Hagan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >>[snip summary of Debian kernel compilation] > Will I still have to configure grub? And will update-grub work or > will I have to manually edit menu.lst? [...] Installing the kernel-package generated

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le dimanche 22 octobre 2006 16:43, cothrige a écrit : > * Tim Post ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hello Tim, > > [snip] > > > Then make your initrd if needed and tweak as needed, verify /etc/modules > > is what you want it to be and you should be good to go. Cross your > > fingers and reboot. > > T

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/22/06 09:36, cothrige wrote: > * John O'Hagan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> Hi Patrick, > > Hello John, > [snip] >> If you are recompiling a kernel with the same version name, you must >> move /lib/modules/[$KERNEL_VERSION] out of the way (yo

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* Tim Post ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello Tim, [snip] > Then make your initrd if needed and tweak as needed, verify /etc/modules > is what you want it to be and you should be good to go. Cross your > fingers and reboot. This makes me think. Recently I have gotten in the habit, after installi

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* John O'Hagan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi Patrick, Hello John, > I always compile my own kernels the Debian (testing) way like this: > > -Install the latest Debian linux-source package (currently > linux-source-2.6.17); or you can use vanilla source as you describe > -Make a symlink /usr/

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread John O'Hagan
On Sunday 22 October 2006 18:02, cothrige wrote: [...] > In the past, as a Slackware user, I never installed an OS where I > didn't immediately compile a new kernel. Slack uses a 2.4 kernel, and > I use some peripheral items which seem to require, or at least greatly > prefer a 2.6 kernel. The pr

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Tim Post
Patrick, Its relatively easy .. and you can make it a bit easier on yourself. Untar from kernel.org in /usr/src be sure ncurses-dev and ncurses are present make menuconfig and configure your kernel now make (or make -j xx, where xx = # of cpu's if > 1) [ fancy gcc hacks go here if your brave

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Seweryn Kokot
For more than a year I compile my kernels the way you described (universal vay) and I have no problems. Of course there is a debian way but it's not a must. Regards, Seweryn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am sure this is a really stupid question, but having read through > the reference and searched online (some searches involve such common > terms they never return anything useful) I have really been unable to > find a clear answer. I hope someone here can h

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-14 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:02:28AM -0600, John Foster wrote: > Joseph Jones wrote: > > >I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the > >newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's > >NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install from. Could

Re: Compiling a Kernel - Need ncurses

2003-12-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:16:25 -0800, "Scarletdown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am once again giving a whirl at compiling a 2.4.22 kernel; this > time on my test box which I am telnetted into so I don't have to > keep switching back and forth via the KV switch.

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-11 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 03:00 GMT, Paul Stolp penned: > * Monique Y. Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-11 05:43]: >> >> Btw, I just discovered that lilo bug #222098 appears to still be live >> in 1:22.5.8-6. It prevents me from running lilo successfully. So >> caveat emptor and all that ... >

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-11 Thread Paul Stolp
* Monique Y. Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-11 05:43]: > > Btw, I just discovered that lilo bug #222098 appears to still be live in > 1:22.5.8-6. It prevents me from running lilo successfully. So caveat > emptor and all that ... Hmm, same problem here. looked for a bug report, didn't see i

Re: Compiling a Kernel - Need ncurses

2003-12-11 Thread James Williamson
On Thursday 11 Dec 2003 6:16 am, Scarletdown wrote: > I am once again giving a whirl at compiling a 2.4.22 kernel; this > time on my test box which I am telnetted into so I don't have to > keep switching back and forth via the KV switch. > > Anyway, I managed to unpack the tarball and create the sy

Re: Compiling a Kernel - Need ncurses

2003-12-10 Thread Rob Benton
try using libncurses5 and libncurses5-dev On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 00:16, Scarletdown wrote: > I am once again giving a whirl at compiling a 2.4.22 kernel; this time > on my test box which I am telnetted into so I don't have to keep > switching back and forth via the KV switch. > > Anyway, I manage

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Joseph Jones
Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 16:02 GMT, John Foster penned: Joseph Jones wrote: I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Burkhard Woelfel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 10 December 2003 20:35, H. S. wrote: > So now if I use mrproper, I *always* save my .config to some other > directory, in my case in a tmp in a user's home. > ->HS That's what I am doing for every kernel I compile, for every one of my mac

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 19:35 GMT, H. S. penned: > Monique Y. Herman wrote: > >> >> dselect #get latest kernel src package cd >> /usr/src/kernel-source- make mrproper #clean any leftover >> compile stuff > > I tried this a few days ago, but I hadn't read the makefile to know > what mrproper was d

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread H. S.
Monique Y. Herman wrote: dselect #get latest kernel src package cd /usr/src/kernel-source- make mrproper #clean any leftover compile stuff I tried this a few days ago, but I hadn't read the makefile to know what mrproper was doing and I lost my old config file which I had renamed, IIRC, as .conf

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 16:02 GMT, John Foster penned: > Joseph Jones wrote: > >> I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the >> newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my >> laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install >> from. Could anyone

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread John Foster
Joseph Jones wrote: I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install from. Could anyone advise me as to how I do this, if possible in relation to the ins

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-09 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:00:16PM +, Joseph Jones wrote: > I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the > newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's > NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network

Re: kernel won't boot (was Re: compiling a kernel)

2003-04-04 Thread ronin2
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:25:04 -0800 (PST) Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I might need to set " Advanced partition > selection " on and select some > partition types there - but I'm not at all sure (I'm > just curious why it's off) You don't need any "Advanced partition" types en

Re: kernel won't boot (was Re: compiling a kernel)

2003-04-03 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello, Thanks for your reply, Elizabeth ! I checked - but the Second extended fs support was allready on. I attached the current filesystem supports. I think I might need to set " Advanced partition selection " on and select some partition types there - but I'm not at all sure (I'm just curious

Re: kernel won't boot (was Re: compiling a kernel)

2003-04-03 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Joris writes: > In case you allready received this question (or even answered ??) I > apologise, but I have seen no reactions, or my own question, so I > guess something has gone wrong > > The thing is, I can't figure out what's option I should choose which > is currently off. As I thought I migh

kernel won't boot (was Re: compiling a kernel)

2003-04-03 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello everybody, In case you allready received this question (or even answered ??) I apologise, but I have seen no reactions, or my own question, so I guess something has gone wrong The thing is, I can't figure out what's option I should choose which is currently off. As I thought I might have ch

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread ronin2
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:53:43 -0800 (PST) Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > request_module[block_major-3]: Root fs not mounted > UFS Cannot open root device "341" or 03:41 > Please append a correct "root" boot option > kernel panic: UFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03.41 It looks like you di

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread Joris Huizer
Thanks everybody for the suggestions on a succesfull kernel compilation I now compiled it but it won't boot. I get this error stuff - and I don't know what it means : -- request_module[block_major-3]: Root fs not mounted UFS Cannot open root device "341" or 03:41 Please append a correct

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread Ruediger Arp
Am Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:10:08 +0200 schrieb Joris Huizer: > Hello everybody, > > As I want scsi emulation, and I'm missing the sr_mod module, I think > I'll have to compile a new kernel. > > What do I need to do for this, exactly? I'll have to get the source, > ofcourse, but next to that ? http:

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread ronin2
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:35:10 -0800 (PST) Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > As I want scsi emulation, and I'm missing the sr_mod > module, I think I'll have to compile a new kernel. > > What do I need to do for this, exactly? I'll have to > get the source, ofcourse, bu

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hello everybody, > > As I want scsi emulation, and I'm missing the sr_mod > module, I think I'll have to compile a new kernel. > > What do I need to do for this, exactly? I'll have to > get the source, ofcourse, but next to that ? > > I know allready before the

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread sean finney
hey joris, here's the first three steps i recommend: # apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.20 # apt-get install kernel-package $ cd /usr/share/doc/kernel-package (if you're running woody, you want kernel-source-2.4.18 i believe) debian really treats you well with kernel-compiling utilities and do

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 01:36:53PM -0600, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote: > Where did you see text regarding 2.4.20 problems with ext3? The box > has ext2 right now but I was going to convert some time after the > kernel upgrade. See Herbert Xu's reply to my earlier post; 2.4.20 only barfs if you a

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:40:27AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: > Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > BTW, 2.4.20 is not the kernel you want if you run ext3 filesystems. > > OTOH, 2.4.19 seems to not want to provide DRM support for the Creator. > > 2.4.20 ext3 is OK as long as you don'

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Herbert Xu
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW, 2.4.20 is not the kernel you want if you run ext3 filesystems. > OTOH, 2.4.19 seems to not want to provide DRM support for the Creator. 2.4.20 ext3 is OK as long as you don't enable data=journal (the default is data=ordered). -- Debian GNU/Linu

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Gerald V. Livingston II
Nathan E Norman said: > On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 01:40:51AM -0600, Gerald V. Livingston II > wrote: >> Is there any special info on getting a 2.4.20 kernel to compile >> under >> woody on a Sun UltraSparc-1 Creator. >> >> Yes, the Debian Way (tm) -- or not, I don't care. Right now it fails >> at th

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 12:02:33AM -0800, nate wrote: > I don't have personal experience with linux on sparc yet, Downloading > the woody ISOs for it now and plan to install it on my ultra 1 probably > tomorrow though. Don't waste time with the ISOs. Set up a RARP server and TFTP server on an exi

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 01:40:51AM -0600, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote: > Is there any special info on getting a 2.4.20 kernel to compile under > woody on a Sun UltraSparc-1 Creator. > > Yes, the Debian Way (tm) -- or not, I don't care. Right now it fails > at the "make dep" stage using either me

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Gerald V. Livingston II
nate said: > Gerald V. Livingston II said: >> Is there any special info on getting a 2.4.20 kernel to compile >> under >> woody on a Sun UltraSparc-1 Creator. > > > I'm not sure how closely you track the kernel but I've read several > places that the "generic" kernel is rarely the choice for anyt

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-20 Thread nate
Gerald V. Livingston II said: > Is there any special info on getting a 2.4.20 kernel to compile under > woody on a Sun UltraSparc-1 Creator. I'm not sure how closely you track the kernel but I've read several places that the "generic" kernel is rarely the choice for anything other then x86. the n

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2002-10-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:07:04PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've got an Athlon XP 2000 system running as my desktop machine. I've > also got a PIII 850 laptop and a p133 mail server. While recompiling the > kernel on the laptop isn't too time consuming it still takes almost > twice as long

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2002-10-15 Thread Jeff
Alex Malinovich, 2002-Oct-15 16:07 -0500: > I've got an Athlon XP 2000 system running as my desktop machine. I've > also got a PIII 850 laptop and a p133 mail server. While recompiling the > kernel on the laptop isn't too time consuming it still takes almost > twice as long as it does on my deskto

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2002-10-15 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Tuesday 15 October 2002 14:07, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've got an Athlon XP 2000 system running as my desktop machine. I've > also got a PIII 850 laptop and a p133 mail server. While recompiling the > kernel on the laptop isn't too time consuming it still takes almost > twice as long as it do

Re: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread guennelk
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 03:08:13PM +0300, Tuomo Karhu wrote: > Could you give me main commands and short help/explanation howto compile > debian kernel? I prefere to use make-kpkg the Debian-Kernel-Package-Manager. I think you have to install the kernel-package. It produces Kernel-.deb packages a

Re: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread craigw
On Sat May 04, 2002 at 03:45:42PM -0400, Kapil Khosla wrote: > > If you want it really really short > apt-cache search kernel-image > > You will get a variety of hits > Choose 1 > > apt-get install kernel-image... > > You dont need anything else, It will modify lilo.conf, etc etc, and you j

Re: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread Nick Guerrera
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 08:08, Tuomo Karhu wrote: > Could you give me main commands and short help/explanation howto compile > debian kernel? > > Thanks. > > Tuomo Karhu Check out chapter 9 of the Debian FAQ: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.html Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread Kapil Khosla
If you want it really really short apt-cache search kernel-image You will get a variety of hits Choose 1 apt-get install kernel-image... You dont need anything else, It will modify lilo.conf, etc etc, and you just reboot :) If you wanna really compile a kernel, In debian you can use some

RE: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread Jonas Björck
Use the guide on this site http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tutorials/kernel-pkg.en/intro-kernel-pkg.html   Cheers.   Jonas   -Original Message- From: Tuomo Karhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 4 maj 2002 14:08 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: compiling a kern

Re: compiling a kernel?

2001-10-06 Thread Hans Steinraht
I did it!!! As root I checked disk space, and did: make-kpkg --revision=3:custom.1.0 kernel_image (with an underscore). And it works, I get the image.deb and after dpkg -i it is installed. After rebooting it's a bit dissapointing that my new kernel will not work, but I'm going to start to find

Re: compiling a kernel?

2001-10-05 Thread John
On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 12:30:33AM +, Hans Steinraht wrote: > > - make-kpkg --revision Custum.1 kernel-image > This has never failed me: make-kpkg --revision=3:custom.1.0 kernel_image John -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Using [Debian] Linux _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ pgpjm8INeNUQs.pgp Descripti

Re: compiling a kernel?

2001-10-05 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 12:30:49AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > - make-kpkg clean > > - make menuconfig > > - make-kpkg --revision Custum.1 kernel-image > > It is called kernel_image, an underscore, not -. Yes but reading make-kpkg perl script, it seems to accept both as same target as undocume

Re: compiling a kernel?

2001-10-05 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Hans Steinraht wrote on Sat Oct 06, 2001 um 12:30:33AM: > > -- Hehe, never put -- at the beginning, it is a sign for beginning a signature and some software cuts everything below. > - make-kpkg clean > - make menuconfig > - make-kpkg --revision Custum.1 kernel-image It is called kern

Re: Compiling a kernel on another processor

2001-09-16 Thread Harry Henry Gebel
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:52:20AM +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote: > This is at one of my clients place. He has got an athlon machine. Are there > any issues in compiling the kernel on a different machine with a different > processor ? Now I am thinking of compiling the kernel for this Celerone > machi

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2001-02-01 Thread A+B Frank
Sebastiaan wrote: > > Hi, > > has anyone an idea how to cross compile a kernel, so to compile a kernel > for a ppc on an i386? > > Just curius. > > Greetz, > Sebastiaan Hi, you'll have to set up gcc as a cross compiler and look at the patches in the kernel sources for ppc. regards Albrecht

RE: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2001-01-31 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, has anyone an idea how to cross compile a kernel, so to compile a kernel for a ppc on an i386? Just curius. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 30-Jan-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I know this is possible (I even vaguely remember seeing it menti

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2001-01-31 Thread Gary Jones
On 30 Jan 2001, "Hall Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have this worry about all those bits I marked as Modules, > > though. I guess I have to copy those too, hmm? From where > > to where? Is there anything else I should worry about? > > I think most people will suggest you use the "ma

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2001-01-30 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I know this is possible (I even vaguely remember seeing > it mentioned somewhere). > > What I want to do is compile a kernel on my desktop > PC for my laptop. Just build it, copy the new kernel image > across the network, rejig the laptop's lilo, reboot it, and > Roberta's your crossdressing Aunt

RE: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2001-01-30 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 30-Jan-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know this is possible (I even vaguely remember seeing it mentioned > somewhere). > > What I want to do is compile a kernel on my desktop PC for my laptop. > Just build it, copy the new kernel image across the network, rejig > the laptop's lilo, rebo

Re: compiling a kernel

2000-09-06 Thread Paul McNally
When you install Linux it comes with a stock kernel and a ton of device drivers. You want to compile a kernel to cut down to the device drivers you need. If you'd like pointers to documentation, send me an email. Paul

Re: compiling a kernel

2000-09-06 Thread ktb
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Mark Simos wrote: > I am a newbie, and am curious as to what exactly compiling a kernel does > for me. > > I have some vague impression that it does something like make your OS > run better on your machine or allow you to add in and remove support for > stuff. > > Simply put,

Re: Re: compiling a kernel

1999-01-08 Thread David Wright
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > In a message dated 1/7/99 3:41:51 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > treff.uni-koeln.de writes: > > > M> Is there a way to find out what options the current kernel has been > > M> compiled with? I don't want to miss anything or add anyt

Re: compiling a kernel

1999-01-08 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "DBT" == David B Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DBT> So how do I determine the various configuration details? As you DBT> suggest, I intend to use my current configuration and make some DBT> guesses as to necessary changes. If you have build your kernel with kernel-package, you will find

Re: compiling a kernel

1999-01-08 Thread David B. Teague
Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> "M" == MallarJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > M> Is there a way to find out what options the current kernel has been > M> compiled with? I don't want to miss anything or add anything that > M> I don't already have and won't need. > > If you

Re: compiling a kernel

1999-01-08 Thread Peter Berlau
On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 07:17:18PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > thanks, but I didn't compile my Kernel, so I don't have the src files to look > at - no config file there either. > Do You have installed the kernel-package. Maybe You can create a configuration about Your current installed

Re: compiling a kernel

1999-01-08 Thread Peter Berlau
Hi Jay, Have a look at Your 'usr/src/linux/.config' file it contains the Configuration about Your actual kernel. note: the /usr/src/linux is a link, maybe /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.36 -- Peter

Re: compiling a kernel

1999-01-07 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 1/7/99 3:41:51 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] treff.uni-koeln.de writes: > M> Is there a way to find out what options the current kernel has been > M> compiled with? I don't want to miss anything or add anything that > M> I don't already have and won't need. >

Re: compiling a kernel

1999-01-07 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "M" == MallarJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> Is there a way to find out what options the current kernel has been M> compiled with? I don't want to miss anything or add anything that M> I don't already have and won't need. If you use a kernel made with kernel-package or one of the kernel-bi

Re: Compiling a kernel

1998-06-08 Thread Daniel Mashao
On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > kernel-package does this, including putting System.map- in > /boot. It also gives you an option for creating a boot-floppy with the > new kernel. > > What does system.map do? I've compiled kernels before without > kernel-package and never had problems.

Re: Compiling a kernel (fwd)

1998-06-07 Thread Martin Str|mberg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : avail. Who is Manjo? Manoj Srivastava. Maintainer of kernel-package (and perhaps other things as well). Right, MartinS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Compiling a kernel (fwd)

1998-06-07 Thread Chris
On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Ralph Winslow wrote: > Chris wrote: > > > > > > /vmlinuz is a symlink to /vmlinuz-2.0.33. This kernel and the file > > /boot/System.map were installed by the kernel package. opps.your right - but I meant that /vmlinuz is a symlink to /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.33. I've tried

Re: Compiling a kernel

1998-06-07 Thread Ralph Winslow
Chris wrote: > > Hi again, > > Thanks to Ralph for his instructions (below). However, after packaging > the kernel, then installing I still get the following message when I run > lsof: > > mort:~# lsof > lsof: kernel symbol address mismatch: el3_probe > get_kernel_syms() value is 0x282500

Re: Compiling a kernel

1998-06-07 Thread Chris
Hi again, Thanks to Ralph for his instructions (below). However, after packaging the kernel, then installing I still get the following message when I run lsof: mort:~# lsof lsof: kernel symbol address mismatch: el3_probe get_kernel_syms() value is 0x2825004; /boot/System.map-2.0.33 value

Re: Compiling a kernel

1998-06-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
kernel-package does this, including putting System.map- in /boot. It also gives you an option for creating a boot-floppy with the new kernel. What does system.map do? I've compiled kernels before without kernel-package and never had problems. Likewise, what about boot., boot.b, etc.? Bob

Re: Compiling a kernel

1998-06-06 Thread Michael B. Taylor
Get the kernel-package package (in misc I think). This is a wrapper for kernel compilation process that will allow you to produce a custom kernel-image package that may be installed with dpkg. On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Chris wrote: > > Hi, > > There was some discussion a while ago about installing a