Re: install 2.6.4 kernel on rh8

[Douglas Phillipson <dougp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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I thought with 2.6 you no longer need to do "make modules" and 
modules_install.  Any other's successfully installing 2.6.4 on RH9? 
What, if anything, did you have to do to make it work???

Regards

Doug P


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