On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:15:38PM +0530, Naman shekhar Mishra wrote: > My platform is Intel 32 bit. > > I am using kernel 2.6.35-22 generic for these steps and the newly compiled kernel is 2.6.39 > > Here's my steps: Typically, I precede with 'make mrproper', but AFAIK it won't make a difference if you are compiling a brand new source tree, and doing so _within_ it (ie without a separate build directory.) > $make defconfig I always go over the resulting .config anyway, to ensure -- though I admit that that can be very time-consuming if you have not done it before. > $make -j2 CC="ccache gcc" > $make modules > #make modules_install > #make install > #update-grub > > After these sequence of steps, I tried to boot into the new kernel and there was nothing (except for the blinking caps lock) .So I checked and there was no initrd.img in /boot. So I tried using mkinitranfs and it created the ramdisk and then I booted but still it won't work. > Though I can boot into recovery mode but the shell prompt is strange like (initramfs)... Typically, when I am getting an 'initramfs' shell-prompt, I have to tackle issues other than mkinitramfs. The solution has (IIRC) always been to add missing options in the .config file. The lines immediately preceding the shell prompt give a hint as to where things (eg which options) croaked! later, ali _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
