On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 11:29 -0700, Barry Gamblin wrote: > I am trying to build the 2.4.28 kernel from source downloaded from > kernel.org on a RH9 system. I need to do this because fedora-legacy > has not released a kernel that fixes the latest ELF load vulnerability. > > I've run the make commands > > make xconfig > make clean > make bzImage > make modules > make modules_install > > I copied the bzImage file to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.28 and the vmlinux file > to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.28. I ran /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd 2.4.28. > I added a stanza into /etc/grub.conf to load the new kernel. Is the above a typo? You copied bzImage and vmlinux to the same file? > But the system won't boot the new kernel. It gets to the point where > it is trying to mount the / filesystem and panics. You could try posting your grub.conf and the specific error message you are getting and see if anyone here can help... -- C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc dot rr dot com> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
