[H-GEN] Kernel Woes

[Robert Brockway]

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On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Scott Pullen wrote:

> What is the first thing that they say when playing with the kernel????
> Backup!!!!!!  Bit of a catch 22.  So I played anyway.  Some fits and starts
> and then the worst thing I could imagine ... well almost ... the Makefile
> somehow glitched (probably user error) and wiped all previous working
> versions of the kernel(3) that I had.

Are we talking the Makefile in the kernel source?  It shouldn't do such a
thing :)

> So the situation now is that I have a kernel that is incomplete.  It now
> does have the scsi-ide emulation support if I read kmesg right but does not
> have socket support.  The line in kmesg reads something like:
>
> sd - not supported in kernel!!!

So you've successfully booted the new kernel but it lacks some features,
is that right?

> This, of course, tends to make networking a little difficult.  I have double
> checked all the options when using the make xconfig command when in the
> /usr/src/linux-2.4 directory.  I have tried using the help in the GUI and I
> have read the tips from three different books and they all seem to agree
> with the options I have selected.
>
> Any suggestions as to the line I should look for in the .config file to see
> if the option is at least requested.  Then I will work my way up to try and
> workout were the process fails.  All helpful :~)3 suggestions appreciated.

Is the kernel compile failing?  I'm afraid I'm a bit lost here.  It sounds
like you booted the new kernel in a previous paragraph.

Here are some steps to get you a fresh kernel image in case something is
broken in the kernel source setup:

cd into your kernel src dir.
cp .config ~/myhost.config
make mrproper
cp ~/myhost.config .config
make oldconfig dep clean bzImage modules modules_install

Then reload your boot loader.  Make zlilo will do this I believe but I
always do it manually.  Whenever playing with the kernel make sure you
have a rescue CD.

Cheers,
	-Rob

-- Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: robert at timetraveller.org  ICQ: 104781119
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