Re: install 2.6.4 kernel on rh8

Paal Marker <paal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:33:18 +0200

Thank you for your reply, I did another attempt the way you described 
it, and as I can see it is getting close. Booting the 2.6.4 kernel gave 
kernel panic, but I think the reason is that I had not changed the 
.config file from CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m to CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y.   Going back to 
'make xconfig and make the building from there did not help, so I have 
deleted all directories made by the make commands and deleted all files 
made during the install  in /boot and will try again tonight.

By the way, in your description you tell 'mv arch/i386/boot/bzImage 
/boot/bzImage-2.6.4'  
In current kernel 2.4.18 grub calls for vmlinuz-2.4.18-14.  So if I 'cp 
/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.4'  And  /boot/grub/grub.conf have the 
lines:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.4 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
   initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.4.img

.........it should be correct, or am I mistaken?? This was what I did, 
and the kernel starts to load until I get (taken from memory, as I am 
not at the actual box right now) 'error: pivot:: xxxxxxxxxxxxx  kernel 
panic    no init found.'    A manual I found for the 2.6.4 kernel 
mentioned this problem as a result of CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m in the .config file

Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:

--- Paal Marker <paal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: >

OK, I tried to install from /usr/src/  and it seemed

to install ok. But 
still, no img files installed under /boot 
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.4 should 
have been installed when the make command was

executed, right?

Try to make your .img with mkintrd in your
/usr/src/linux-2.6.4 and then copy it to /boot

Cheers

Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:

--- Paal Marker <paalma@xxxxxxxxx> escribió: >   I
have big problems on this issue. My original

kernel is 2.4.18-14.  I 
do not get any image files installed in /boot and

neither 
/boot/grub/grub.conf  or /etc/grub.conf are

updated

when installing 
kernel 2.6.4.  If anyone has done this upgrade and

have time to follow 
the steps I have done, I would be happy to know

what

I have done wrong.

The steps I have done is:

downloaded kernel linux 2.6.4.tar.gz
downloaded module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.tar.gz
downloaded modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm

tar xvfz module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.tar.gz
cd module-init-tools-3.0-pre10
./configure --prefix=/sbin
make
make install
./generate-modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf

Installing modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm:
rpm -i modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm
rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS//modutils.spec
rpm -Fi

/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/modutils-2.4.21-23.i386.rpm

Installing the kernel: (used directory
/home/src/kernel)
gunzip linux-2.6.4.tar.gz
tar xvf linux-2.6.4.tar
cd linux-2.6.4

Making /home/src/kernel/linux-2.6.4/.config

cp

/usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/kernel-2.4.18-686.config

/home/src/kernel/linux-2.6-3/.config
make oldconfig

edited line in .config, CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m to
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
Edited the Makefile:  EXTRAVERSION = -skim-ch6
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
make install
mkdir /sys

Editing /etc/rc.sysinit:

After line 'action $"Mounting proc filesystem: "

mount -n -t  proc /proc 
/proc'  put in line 'action $"Mounting sysfs

filesystem: " mount -n -t 
sysfs /sys /sys'

After failing I tried to edit the .config file

'CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y and 
then run:

make bzImage

make modules

make modules_install

make install

This did not make any difference.

Contents of /boot:

boot.b

chain.b

config-2.4.18-14

config-2.4.18-14debug

config-2.4.18-14uml

grub

initrd-2.4.18-14debug.img

initrd-2.4.18-14.img

kernel.h

lost+found

message

message.ja

module-info

module-info-2.4.18-14

module-info-2.4.18-14debug

module-info-2.4.18-14uml

os2_d.b

System.map

System.map-2.4.18-14

System.map-2.4.18-14debug

System.map-2.4.18-14uml

vmlinux-2.4.18-14

vmlinux-2.4.18-14debug

vmlinuz

vmlinuz-2.4.18-14

vmlinuz-2.4.18-14debug

vmlinuz-2.4.18-14uml

I install 2.6.4 on a RH9 and these were my steps.

Put my linux-2.6.4.tar.gz on /usr/src

tar -zxvf linux-2.6.4.tar.gz && cd linux-2.6.4
make xconfig
(When xconfig finished)
make && make modules && make modules_install
mv arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.4
mv System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.4
ln -s System.map-2.6.4 System.map

Then I reconfigure my /etc/lilo.conf

I don't use grub, so I cannot help you on this

step.

Best regards

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