Hi.... On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 00:45, Naman shekhar Mishra <namanshekharmishra2@xxxxxxxx> 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: try to preceed it with "make mrproper" first...just to make sure you don't inaccidentally use leftover object files from previous compilation.... > $make defconfig > $make -j2 CC="ccache gcc" try to leave out ccache temporarily....... just to make sure you use freshly compiled object files. > $make modules > #make modules_install > #make install I am not 100% whether "make install" implies "make bzImage". Personally, I suggest this order: make bzImage (check whether you indeed see arch/x86/boot/bzImage....) 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) . Simply blank? no previous message? even grub's kernel selection screen? >So I checked and there was > no initrd.img in /boot. that may or may not be the source of the problem..... >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)... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
