> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert L Cochran [mailto:cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wed, July 02, 2003 6:04 AM > To: Shrike List > Subject: Re: moving up to 2.5 kernels > > > To continue The recipe for success with 2.5.xx, do you think one needs > an updated initscripts rpm from rawhide? I can't boot my freshly built > 2.5.73-bk8 kernel. It freezes up after uncompressing the > initrd....I've > seen this problem before, long ago, but forgot how to fix it... You probably have the same problem I had. Your kernel probably works fine, but virtual console (terminal) support is disabled, so you don't see anything on display. See responses to my previous posts on this thread to see how to fix this. > > Thanks > > Bob > > > > On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 12:42, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > just for anyone who needs all the details (step by step), here's > > what it takes to play with the latest 2.5 kernels (at least on > > red hat 9). > > > > 1) upgrade to the latest red hat rawhide versions of both the > > modutils and mkinitrd RPMs. you *need* the latest modutils RPM > > to understand the 2.5 kernel, but that RPM is backward-compatible > > if you want to reboot back to 2.4. (when, oh when, is red hat > > finally going to get a grip and have the URL rawhide.redhat.com > > take one *directly* to the rawhide repository? sigh.) > > > > 2) get latest kernel tarball (2.5.73 at last glance) from www.kernel.org > or ftp.kernel.org, and unload it under /usr/src. there is no need to > mess with symlinks, as the tarballs from kernel.org automatically > unload into the appropriate directory name (linux-2.5.73). > > 3) in order to be *really* up to date, grab the latest BK patch from > kernel.org, and patch. > > 4) "make mrproper" in the new source directory, just to play it safe. > > 5) do your very first configure. you can either grab your old > .config and "make oldconfig", or do a real "make xconfig" and > admire all the new options. (if you grab an old 2.4 .config file, > be prepared to answer lots of queries about new options.) > > 6) build new compressed kernel and modules with > > # make bzImage > # make modules > > once all that succeeds, copy/install everything with > > # cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.5.73-bk5 (or whatever) > # make modules_install > > create a new initrd image with > > # mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.5.73-bk5.img 2.5.73-bk5 > > NOTE: about the mkinitrd command: > > 1) it does not have to be done from within the kernel source dir > 2) it can be done only *after* the "make modules_install" command, > as it requires the corresponding /lib/modules directory to exist. > > finally, edit /etc/grub.conf, add a new entry for the new kernel, and > reboot. > > did i forget anything? > > rday > > -- > > Robert P. J. Day > Eno River Technologies > Unix, Linux and Open Source training > Waterloo, Ontario > > www.enoriver.com -- Need help with computer hardware or software? I can take care of it in your home at very reasonable cost. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA http://www.greenbeltcomputer.biz/
