On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123 wrote: > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123 wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Tony, > > > > > > The last Valhalla kernel with which the installer could be built was > > > kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-10. Just build the installer using that kernel, then > > > update the tree to the latest kernel, as well as everything else, do the > > > genhdlist and pkgorder and the rest as normal. When you install, you'll > > > get the latest kernel, not 2.4.18-10. ISO's done this way can be found at > > > ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/redhat/7.3/ although they're a > > > bit stale now. > > > > Note that while you can do this, it breaks kudzu to some extent (been > > there, done that...). At the postinstall stage kudzu probes for USB and > > sound at least, the problem is it tries to locate kernel modules for its > > findings from /lib/modules/<version of running kernel>/ path and if the > > versions differ it fails, resulting in things like USB mouse working at > > install time but not on the first boot before you manually add "alias > > usb-controller.." to /etc/modules.conf etc. Kudzu from rawhide can be told > > where to look for the modules so you could patch anaconda to make kudzu > > look for your actual kernel version. > > > > > Hi, > > That explains why, at some point in my series of updates, the system > would hang at the "performing post install configuration" stage if my USB > floppy was attached. However, I'm a bit confused about which modules > Kudzu is going after. We know that we're using the BOOT kernel for the > install. Therefore, whatever version of modules found in the /lib/modules > directory of the newly installed system would be wrong in one way or > another. I wonder if the kernel-BOOT package is installed and removed at > the end. We could probably prove this by interrupting the installation > process at just the right point. Easier to read the source :) Kudzu has (at least until recent rawhide versions) special logic in it when 'uname -r' is x.y.z-rBOOT, in that case it just strips out the BOOT and looks for kernel modules under /lib/modules/x.y.z-r/ directory of the installed system image. -- - Panu -
