On Apr 29, 2004 at 16:56, Murali P in a soothing rage wrote: > --- "ne..." <akabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Apr 28, >2004 at 12:37, Murali P in a soothing rage wrote: [...] >> Say you install the kernel-source rpm, this will >> install >> to /usr/src/linux-<version>. Now you apply the patch >> to >> this and it succeeds. Step 1 safely accomplished. So >> now >> you cd /usr/src/linux-<version> and edit the >> Makefile. >> Since you like your EXTRAVERSION as udf, you add >> this >> as 'EXTRAVERSION = -udf'. Next you do a 'make >> mrproper'. >> Now the source is in a nice clean state. Then >> - Copy a 2.6.x config if you have one to >> /usr/src/linux-<version>/.config and do 'make >> oldconfig' >> - I then do a'make menuconfig' and recheck _all_ my >> options. >> - 'make clean all' >> - 'make modules_install install' >> - Check grub.conf and reboot. >> >> If you have problems with these steps, it may happen >> because of the options you chose in the 'make >> menuconfig' >> step. Redo from that point on. >> >> HTH. >> N.Emile... >Thanks a lot.Your prescription worked.Packet writing >is enabled on my CDRW device when I rebooted with the >new bzImage copied as vmlinuz-2.6.3-udf under /boot. >But strangely (or is it not?) 'make install' failed >with the messages : "mkinitrd failed" and "could not >load /lib/modules/2.6.3-2.1.204custom/modules.dep:No >such file or directory ". >Although system is fine,but what is the meaning of >such error messages? That there is a mis-match in version names somewhere. Does what is listed in /boot, /lib/modules, your lilo.conf/grub.conf and the kernel Makefile match up??? N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 That, that is, is. That, that is not, is not. That, that is, is not that, that is not. That, that is not, is not that, that is. 13:04:34 up 40 days, 1:36, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
