On Monday 04 November 2002 20:12, Mike Chambers wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven W. Orr" <steveo@syslang.net> > To: "Psyche List" <psyche-list@redhat.com> > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:22 AM > Subject: More problems building latest 8.0 kernel > > > As of 8.0, running make mrproper is now required. (It didn't used to be.) > > > > I downloaded the kernel-sources rpm for 2.4.18-17... to do a new kernel. > > I ran into problems. If I do a make mrproper first, it craps out down the > > line in the make dep. If I don't do the mrproper, I get unresolved > > symbols during the bzImage. So I downloaded the src rpm for the kernel > > and did an rpmbuild -ba to see what Red Hat is doing for a kernel build. > > I haven't had a chance to do a full analysis yet and I won't have time to > > get to it until sometime tomorrow. But I'd like to ask if someone can > > save me a couple of hours work by just simply telling me what the right > > set of steps are. > > Try this.. > > before doing below first command (make mrproper), make sure you have a copy > of the .config file you want to use, otherwise it will get deleted if it's > in the source tree. > > 1 - make mrproper > copy over config file if need be > 2 - make whateverconfig > 3 - make dep > 4 - make clean > 5 - make bzImage > 6 - make modules > 7 - make modules_install > if rebuilding same version that already exists, rename or delete > /lib/modules/kernel-version before running next step > 8 - make install > 9 - make intritd (I think this is right, for ext3 filesystems, verify this > command before writing it down) > 10 - Check /boot dir and your grub.conf or lilo.conf to insure changes were > copied/added, run /sbin/lilo if need be and reboot. > > Someone can correct me if I'm wrong on this, been a while since I > recompiled my own kernels. I believe that Mike's process is more or less correct. I suggest thta anyone wanting/needing to build a custom kernel should look at Appendix A of Red Hat Customization Guide. It explains it all. Gene -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
