Trying to recompile a kernel to get
LAN working (ALi 1689 chipset driver). The instructions I was trying to
follow were from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73436 which
have worked in the past, and I really don't know what I managed to
stuff up this time. Previously I had kernel 2.6.10 working, and was
trying to redo the same thing by adding in the correct driver modules
into /usr/src/linux-2.6.10/drivers/net/tulip/. I'm starting to think
what I did the first time was to leave out a "-" somewhere, the error
was "file not found". The second time around I tried to compile
straight over the top of the working 2.6.10 kernel.
The error on reboot:
Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting
the jernel.
audit(1106411054.995:0): initialized
AC'97 1 access is not valid
[0xffffffff], removing mixer.
Unable to initialize codec #1
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS:
Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
and the system needs to be
rebooted. I still have the original kernel booting. Previously errors
flashed by when shutting down and rebooting things were going wrong
with IP-Tables.
On my instructions, the last command
"/sbin/grub-install" never works. I wonder if that's an error. The
problem might also be being caused by the Nvidia graphics driver, but I
can't retrace that problem just at the moment. One last important
symptom, when recompiling the kernel there were substantially less
modules compiled and even fewer installed (make modules, make
modules_install) where previously these took up to 20mins they took
less than a minute and seconds respectively.
I have another shot at making it
work, but one more botch and I am likely to have to reinstall the OS.
Can I recover the previous compile? Or any idea what I did so I don't
stuff it again? It's probably a typo somewhere.
* feels like the most accident prone
linux newbie ever.
Try my guide
