From: Robin Gilks (qytrknkl.tnwmgk@nito.no)
Date: Sun Aug 19 2001 - 12:49:22 EEST
On Saturday 18 August 2001 23:29, R&C wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been using Redhat from kernel 2.0.35 up to 2.2.14 and have had NO
> trouble compiling a new kernel to incorporate the ax25 stuff. I have been
> on RH 6.2 for a while with everything running smoothly.
> I just acquired RH 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2) and spend two days trying to compile
> a new kernel without success.
> The System I end up with has all the right modules made and installed but
> modprobe for any module comes up with 10000 unresolved symbol errors.
> Even access to my dos partitions fails.
>
> Can anyone tell me where I go wrong. Is there a problem with this
> particular kernel (2.4.2-2)?
> It would be nice if there was a .config file available for the default
> kernel as supplied on the distribution disc, because this works fine and
> only needs the ax25 stuff added.
>
Assuming RedHat have not changed the way they used to do things, copy
/usr/src/linux/arch/<system>/defconfig to /usr/src/linux/.config to start
with - where <system> is i386 or whatever.
Next, edit /usr/src/linux/Makefile and about 3-4 lines down change
EXTRAVERSION to include your initials or something similar. This will then
create a unique /lib/modules tree for the new compile.
When doing the make menuconfig (or whichever you usually do) check that
module versions is either on or off depending on what you really want to do.
I seem to recall that RedHat 7.1 requires a different compiler for the kernel
- not sure how this is set up but I'm sure there is information on one of the
mailing list archives associated with RedHat that will detail how the correct
one is chosen.
When installing the new kernel, KEEP THE OLD ONE. Silly point to make but
ensure you can still boot the old stuff after changing lilo/grub or whatever
your boot preference is before actually booting to the new one.
Finally, thats about as much generic Linux stuff as I would expect to see on
this list - looks like we really _DO_ need that HOWTO update :-))
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