Re: Kernel building 2.6.18-5-686 -> 2.6.25.2 on VMWare

2008-05-15 Thread Mike Ely
On 5/15/08 6:59 AM, "Hugo Vanwoerkom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Ely wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I'm trying to update from the Debian-supplied stock kernel to 2.6.25.2 on >> Etch (for GFS2 purposes), and, on my VMWare instance, the new kernel seems >> always to hang at "Waiting for root file

Re: Kernel building 2.6.18-5-686 -> 2.6.25.2 on VMWare

2008-05-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Mike Ely wrote: Hi there, I'm trying to update from the Debian-supplied stock kernel to 2.6.25.2 on Etch (for GFS2 purposes), and, on my VMWare instance, the new kernel seems always to hang at "Waiting for root filesystem." So as I understand it, you run Etch on VMware and compile (with make-

Re: Kernel building not idempotent?

2007-06-11 Thread Caeles
(Sorry if this breaks threading. I had forgotten to mention that I am not subscribed to the list.) Wackojacko wrote: > Caeles wrote: > > [...] the custom kernel does not use an > > initramfs [...] > > Thought so, his is the problem. Debian kernels build the majority o

Re: Kernel building not idempotent?

2007-06-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 09:56:59AM +0200, Caeles wrote: > > I have trouble with building a custom kernel and hope somebody can help. Not that it helps, but why do you need a custom kernel? What hardware do you have that doesn't work? Note that with Etch, SATA drives now show up as /dev/sd* rath

Re: Kernel building not idempotent?

2007-06-07 Thread Wackojacko
Caeles wrote: 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 expect

Re: Kernel building made easier

2003-07-15 Thread Jesse Meyer
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, sudeep mukherjee wrote: > I have a Celeron 600MHz with 40 GB Hard Disk. Should be plenty fast for the majority of tasks (browsing, news, mp3s, several video formats, etc) > I already have WINXp(Sorry for this) Don't be sorry for that, Windows XP has its place in the world.

Re: Kernel building made easier

2003-07-15 Thread sudeep mukherjee
Hi I have a Celeron 600MHz with 40 GB Hard Disk. I already have WINXp(Sorry for this) and RH9.0. Want to install Debian Woody. Anypointers would be welcome. Thanks in advance -- .~. Sudeep Mukherjee /V\ Registered Linux user # 255384 // \\ /( )\ ^`~'^ --

Re: kernel building for newbies

2002-11-30 Thread Robert Ian Smit
* Caitrin Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [30-11-2002 01:49]: > Can anyone recommend a tutorial or howto on debian kernel building > that'd be suitable for someone who's never built a kernel before? I always look for information in the [1]Reference Manual first. It has a dedicated chapter towards kern

Re: kernel building for newbies

2002-11-30 Thread Johan Ehnberg
Chris Lale wrote: > > > Caitrin Torres wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend a tutorial or howto on debian kernel building >> that'd be suitable for someone who's never built a kernel before? > > > There is an article at http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/ that may help. > Also, I like this one, it's ver

Re: kernel building for newbies

2002-11-30 Thread Chris Lale
Caitrin Torres wrote: Can anyone recommend a tutorial or howto on debian kernel building that'd be suitable for someone who's never built a kernel before? There is an article at http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/ that may help. Cheers, Chris. -- : ___ Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: kernel building for newbies

2002-11-29 Thread Caitrin Torres
On Friday 29 November 2002 08:14 pm, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Don't trust me on any of this, I have no clue what a bpck6 module > is :-) It's the module required by some Microsolutions Backpack cdroms and cd burners. Thank you for the help. -- Caitrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: kernel building for newbies

2002-11-29 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Caitrin" == Caitrin Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Caitrin> Can anyone recommend a tutorial or howto on debian kernel Caitrin> building that'd be suitable for someone who's never built Caitrin> a kernel before? I have an external CD burner that is Caitrin> supposed to use

Re: kernel building for newbies

2002-11-29 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 00:44, Caitrin Torres wrote: > Can anyone recommend a tutorial or howto on debian kernel building > that'd be suitable for someone who's never built a kernel before? I > have an external CD burner that is supposed to use the bpck6 module. > A search confirmed that it's a pa

Re: kernel building ways

2001-12-27 Thread Jesse Goerz
On Thursday 27 December 2001 14:58, Sam Varghese wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 01:20:55PM +0100, Romain Lerallut wrote: > > Thus spake wsa on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 12:56:06PM +0100: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm just trying to build my second kernel... > > > Last time i did it, the kernel-how-to way

Re: kernel building ways

2001-12-27 Thread Sam Varghese
On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 01:20:55PM +0100, Romain Lerallut wrote: > Thus spake wsa on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 12:56:06PM +0100: > > Hi, > > > > I'm just trying to build my second kernel... > > Last time i did it, the kernel-how-to way, resulted in a few module dep > > errors... > > So i've searched t

Re: kernel building ways

2001-12-27 Thread Michael P
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, wsa wrote: > Which one would be the most stable? > 10 .12 .13 .14 or .16? I would go for 2.4.17. 2.4 has stopped regressing, and looks to be getting better with every release, so I'd stick with the newest if I were you.

Re: kernel building ways

2001-12-27 Thread wsa
Hi, Okidoki...thanks for the help. One more thing...i think i'm gonna jumpt to the 2.4 kernel...using the debian kernel packages. Which one would be the most stable? 10 .12 .13 .14 or .16? Cheerios At 13:20 27-12-2001 +0100, you wrote: make-kpkg needs some debian-specific stuff, but debian's k

Re: kernel building ways

2001-12-27 Thread Romain Lerallut
Thus spake wsa on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 12:56:06PM +0100: > Hi, > > I'm just trying to build my second kernel... > Last time i did it, the kernel-how-to way, resulted in a few module dep > errors... > So i've searched the web and also came across this one: > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system

Re: kernel building errors

2000-04-24 Thread Stephan Hachinger
Hello! Looks like you have just not installed the Libncurses4-dev package. After you've done that, It'll probably work. Kind Regards, Stephan Hachinger - Original Message - From: Jon Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: DebianUsers Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 8:00 PM Subject: kernel buildin

Re: kernel building

1997-11-10 Thread Scott Ellis
On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Michael Roark wrote: > I am trying to build a new kernel, but the build keeps erring out. It > fails with the following: > > objdump: illegal option -- k > > Any ideas? rm `which encaps` -- Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.gate.net/~storm/