Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-21 Thread thing
Hi, I need some help... I can compile a bootable 2.4.27-4 kernel from debian packaged source, but I cannot compile a bootable kernel using kernel.org source. I have tried 2.4.27, 28, 29, 30 and 36 none will boot with the megaraid module (*)'d...however the debian packaged kernel 2.4.27-4 will

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-21 Thread Steven Jones
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-04-21 10:21 +0200, Steven Jones wrote: David Baron wrote: One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable with 2.4 and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or such) will render the system mostly unusable. I had just

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-21 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-04-21 10:21 +0200, Steven Jones wrote: > David Baron wrote: >> One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable >> with 2.4 and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable >> ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or such) will render the system mostly unusable. I >> had just this probl

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-21 Thread Steven Jones
Steven Jones wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 8><-- I just compiled a 2.4.36-3 kernel using the 2.4.27's config file, locks up at the megaraid module, so somewhere between .27 and .36 there was a change that broke the megaraid module. I am compiling a 2.4.30 but I think that's broken as w

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-21 Thread Steven Jones
David Baron wrote: One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable with 2.4 and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or such) will render the system mostly unusable. I had just this problem and bash would not run. I was able to play with other s

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-21 Thread Steven Jones
David Baron wrote: One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable with 2.4 and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or such) will render the system mostly unusable. I had just this problem and bash would not run. I was able to play with other s

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-21 Thread David Baron
One word of severe warning: Current libc packages are incompatable with 2.4 and any hint of a 2.4 kernel (such as an env variable ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4 or such) will render the system mostly unusable. I had just this problem and bash would not run. I was able to play with other shells a bit but it w

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-21 Thread Steven Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 8><-- I just compiled a 2.4.36-3 kernel using the 2.4.27's config file, locks up at the megaraid module, so somewhere between .27 and .36 there was a change that broke the megaraid module. I am compiling a 2.4.30 but I think that's broken as well as it didnt work

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-20 Thread thing
> On 04/20/2008 01:16 AM, Steven Jones wrote: (>> Mumia W.. wrote: >>> [...] >>> Each patch is designed to be used against a particular version of the >>> Linux kernel. You might have an incompatible group of patches. For >>> example, if [the] Asus board patch is for 2.4.27, but the sk98lin patch >

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-20 Thread Mumia W..
On 04/20/2008 01:16 AM, Steven Jones wrote: Mumia W.. wrote: [...] Each patch is designed to be used against a particular version of the Linux kernel. You might have an incompatible group of patches. For example, if [the] Asus board patch is for 2.4.27, but the sk98lin patch is for 2.4.32, yo

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-19 Thread Steven Jones
Mumia W.. wrote: On 04/19/2008 05:17 PM, Steven Jones wrote: Mumia W.. wrote: On 04/19/2008 05:58 AM, Steven Jones wrote: I know this is old hat, but due to a bug in the 2.6 kernel and the megaraid driver I can boot a 2.6 kernel2.4 works fine, but I have to add NIC modules for me Asus boa

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-19 Thread Mumia W..
On 04/19/2008 05:17 PM, Steven Jones wrote: Mumia W.. wrote: On 04/19/2008 05:58 AM, Steven Jones wrote: I know this is old hat, but due to a bug in the 2.6 kernel and the megaraid driver I can boot a 2.6 kernel2.4 works fine, but I have to add NIC modules for me Asus board, Realtek 8110 a

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-19 Thread Steven Jones
Mumia W.. wrote: On 04/19/2008 05:58 AM, Steven Jones wrote: I know this is old hat, but due to a bug in the 2.6 kernel and the megaraid driver I can boot a 2.6 kernel2.4 works fine, but I have to add NIC modules for me Asus board, Realtek 8110 and a Marvel sk98lin. The std one (sk89lin) i

Re: compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-19 Thread Mumia W..
On 04/19/2008 05:58 AM, Steven Jones wrote: I know this is old hat, but due to a bug in the 2.6 kernel and the megaraid driver I can boot a 2.6 kernel2.4 works fine, but I have to add NIC modules for me Asus board, Realtek 8110 and a Marvel sk98lin. The std one (sk89lin) in debian 2.4.27-4

compiling a 2.4 kernel

2008-04-19 Thread Steven Jones
I know this is old hat, but due to a bug in the 2.6 kernel and the megaraid driver I can boot a 2.6 kernel2.4 works fine, but I have to add NIC modules for me Asus board, Realtek 8110 and a Marvel sk98lin. The std one (sk89lin) in debian 2.4.27-4 does not work and there isnt one I can find