Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-20 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 rpjday wrote: >> > Forgive me for being dense, but why would one want to compile as a >> > module a driver which is needed for the system to even boot? Modules >> > are great for peripherals and supporting functions, and I can see the >> > benefit o

Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-20 Thread rpjday
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Mike Burger wrote: > Simply put, I don't know. > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Mike Burger wrote: > > > > >If you compiled the kernel with the device drivers as modules, and not > > >direct

Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-20 Thread Mike Burger
Simply put, I don't know. On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mike Burger wrote: > > >If you compiled the kernel with the device drivers as modules, and not > >directly into the kernel, and any of those drivers/modules are needed

Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-20 Thread Mike Burger
I'm currently using X-CD-Roast...but I'll look at some others at some point, too. On 19 Jan 2002, Brandon Robert Dorman wrote: > I compiled most everything I'll need into the kernel. cdburner, visor, > usb printer/scanner stuff, etc. but for next time, thanks for the info > Bret, Mike and Wer

Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-20 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Burger wrote: >If you compiled the kernel with the device drivers as modules, and not >directly into the kernel, and any of those drivers/modules are needed for >the initial startup, it could cause problems. > >If you compiled all those driver

Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-19 Thread Brandon Robert Dorman
I compiled most everything I'll need into the kernel. cdburner, visor, usb printer/scanner stuff, etc. but for next time, thanks for the info Bret, Mike and Werner. -Brandon p.s. this doesn't have to be a list question, but what do you guys recommend for a cd-burning software? Now that I

Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-19 Thread Mike Burger
That'll kinda depend. If you compiled the kernel with the device drivers as modules, and not directly into the kernel, and any of those drivers/modules are needed for the initial startup, it could cause problems. If you compiled all those drivers directly into the kernel, instead of as module

Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-19 Thread Brandon Robert Dorman
Before I got this e-mail i just removed the initrd line and rebooted. now i get: [Brandon@localhost Brandon]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.17 #1 Sat Jan 19 19:28:25 PST 2002 i686 unknown :-) So it works. Is there any danger in doing that? seems to work fine for me right now tho

Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-19 Thread Bret Hughes
Check out man mkinitrd. seems like I have always just given it the kernel version and the imgfile name needed. I guess the real question is do you really need an initrd? Unless you need something like scsi drivers that you compiled as modules that need to be availible before the file systems ar

Re: Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-19 Thread Werner Puschitz
On 19 Jan 2002, Brandon Robert Dorman wrote: > Hey guys, > > Was recompiling my kernel today to 2.4.17 from 2.4-7-10. Upon changing > my lilo.conf, ran /sbin/lilo and got this: > Added linux > fatal: open /boot/initrd-2.4.17: no such file or directory. Sure > enough, a ls of /boot shows:

Compiling new kernel, lilo problem

2002-01-19 Thread Brandon Robert Dorman
Hey guys, Was recompiling my kernel today to 2.4.17 from 2.4-7-10. Upon changing my lilo.conf, ran /sbin/lilo and got this: Added linux fatal: open /boot/initrd-2.4.17: no such file or directory. Sure enough, a ls of /boot shows: ls /boot boot.b kernel.hmodule-info-

Compiling New Kernel

2001-01-17 Thread Clement
Hi Everyone, How are you? I have been using stock RH kernel rpms for a long time. But now, wishing to usr reiserfs, I need to build a tailored kernel but get an error: 'unresolved ref: memcpy' Do you know how to fix it? My platform is Intel Celeron 667/128MB/RH7.0/Kernel 2.2.18.