[TriLUG] kernel customizing question

[Dan Chen]

[Sorry for the awful formatting, I'm having a heck of a time hopping
between imap accounts :(]

On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:58:14 -0500, gregbrown at mindspring.com wrote:
>Howdy all.  I have a quick question for you.  I have compiled a custom
>kernel using the steps outlined on this website:
>http://www.rhce2b.com/kernel.shtml
>
>Essentially, they are:
>cd /usr/src/linux-2.4
>(as root)
>mkproper

(I think you meant 'make mrproper' ?)

>make oldconfig

I didn't see you mention copying an old .config over, so I'm not sure
what this is for...

Btw, if you copy .config over and run either 'make menuconfig' or 'make
xconfig', it's not necessary to run 'make oldconfig' first.

>make xconfig
>(change some options)
>(save changes)
>make dep
>make clean

('make clean' isn't necessary here)

>edit makefile (added custom-greg to file name)

You mean to EXTRAVERSION? If you do that, then you should rerun 'make
clean && make dep' before doing this next step...

>make bzImage
>make modules
>make modules_install
>cp /usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3custom-greg
>
>I then changed the the /etc/lilo.conf file to reflect the changes
>
>prompt
>timeout=50
>default=linux
>boot=/dev/hda
>map=/boot/map
>install=/boot/boot.b
>message=/boot/message
>linear
>
>image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3custom-greg
>        label=linux-2.4.18-3custom-greg
>        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3custom-greg.img
>        read-only
>        root=/dev/hda3
>
>So, after all this I reboot by doing a init 0 then powering back up.

You don't seem to have rerun the mkinitrd command (not sure of the
specific syntax, I don't use it myself...)

Also, did you rerun '/sbin/lilo -v' as the last step before you
rebooted?

>uname -a shows the following:
>Linux paloverde 2.4.18-3 #1 Thu Apr 18 07:32:41 EDT 2002 i686 unknown
>
>Bummer.  Didn't work.  If I look in /boot vmlinuz is still linked to the
>old kernel.  The page at RHCE didn't say anything about linking up vmlinuz
>to the new kernel though.

Sounds like the /sbin/lilo issue I (and others) have mentioned...

Take care,
-Dan

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Dan Chen                 crimsun at email.unc.edu
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