[H-GEN] Kernel Woes

[Scott Pullen]

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First of all thanks to both Roberts for their replies.  Apologies for my
confusion, the distro is 7.2 .

If you are using the RH kernels then scsi-ide is set up already.  You
will probably need to check that lines similar to these are in your
/etc/modules.conf:

options ide-cd ignore=hdc
alias scd0 sr_mod
pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi
pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi
pre-install ide-scsi modprobe ide-cd

these (or similar) are normally added by the installer or by kudzu.

I will have to check the above lines.  It complained about the lack of
support when I tried to setup the cd-rw in some burning software that I am
trying to use.  Maybe I should compile it into the kernel instead of as a
module???

Are you using grub or lilo?
I am using grub.  Hopefully your other suggestion will work and it will be
added automagically.


sd usually == Scsi Disk.
I'll also check this line but other information ( sorry not supplied in
original email)  seemed to indicate that it relates to the socket problems I
am having.



5. If you have a previous config, do:
cd /usr/src/linux; make mrproper; cp /some/previous/.config.2.4.18-test
.config

What does the make mrproper do?  It is not mentioned in any of the books
that I looked in.


6. make oldconfig  this will sometimes ask you questions about stuff
that is new in the newer kernel.

Will try and see if there is an old config but I think I would have blown it
away with my numerous attempts at fixing the problem.


7. make menuconfig (or xconfig) and check things look ok.  all scsi
stuff should be modules - you definitely need scsi generic and cdrom, I
tend to just make everything there a module and you won't have a
problem.  Obviously you need ide-scsi emulation.

8. make dep;make install;make modules;make modules_install


With the added bits of information I will try and bring the box to it's
knees.  At this point in time the compile succeeds and the kernel does
indeed boot but there is no support for networking (can't dial out, NFS
doesn't work, can't talk to any other box on the network).  There is also a
problem with the support of ext3 but I think my problem there relates to
code maturity support.  Doesn't want to talk to the windows partion either.
Says that it is not supported in the kernel and I have double checked that
the option is there for all of the above things, except the code maturity
thing.

Keep you posted.

Cheers,

Scott.


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