2.6 Alpha-6 Kernel Issues

Enverex

The Kernel refuses to play nice now. Here is the problem, and what I am doing.

Before to compile and install an old 2.4 kernel I would just run........

make menuconfig (and select whatever I want)

then

make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install

then

copy the arch/i386/boot/bzImage to my /boot/ folder.

But with 2.6 it seems to be done slightly differently, you seem to have to

make menuconfig

then

make && make install

then copy the bzImage

But when I do that, Lilo no-longer boots linux at all, it just says "Decompressing Image......." and then the machine restarts. Where as it is supposed to says "Decompressing Image................ Booting Kernel...."

Any ideas?
(running Gentoo btw)

Cheers,
NS

a2jfreak

You're supposed to re-run lilo.

Enverex

a2jfreak said
You're supposed to re-run lilo.

Sorry, thought I mentioned it. I HAVE already re-run Lilo.

NS

a2jfreak

If it isn't working I guess using the old compilation method of make dep and the others wouldn't hurt.

Enverex

a2jfreak said
If it isn't working I guess using the old compilation method of make dep and the others wouldn't hurt.

Make dep has been removed from 2.6 so it no-longer works.

I also forgot to say I have already tried the methods used on 2.4.

It seems to be working now (Minus the fact I cant boot without a Kernel Panic). The problem was something I had done in the setup, but the question is I have to change so much, what was it?

Lets break it down.

NS

Straight_Man

Um, try 2.6.0-Test8.

There was a PID oops in Test7.

As below for Test8 info:

Homepage:
http://www.kernel.org/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.kernel.org/[..]nux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.0-test8.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2:
http://www.kernel.org/[..]ux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.0-test8.tar.bz2
Changelog:
http://www.kernel.org/[..]/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.0-test8
Mailing list archive:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel
Mirror site:
http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/
freshmeat project page:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/linux/

Above shamelessly cut-n-pasted from the freshmeat project page for the linux kernel. BTW, I recommend the OSDN Everything newsletter, it has most everything you want in it. Yesterday was release day for Test8.

Also, try using Grub, it can handle bigger kernels than Lilo. That is what I am using here, though not with Gentoo.

John.

Enverex

Sorry, I didnt post before as I didnt want to dig up this thread, but I fixed it not long after my last post.

NS