[TriLUG] my latest kernel attempt

Greg Brown gregbrown at mindspring.com
Wed Nov 27 16:10:54 EST 2002


My latest kernel custom attempted ended, yet again, in failure.  
Bummer.  Here's a step-by-step of what I did and what I (didn't) manage 
to accomplish.

all steps as root

cd /usr/src/linux-2.4

make mrproper (returns lots of STDOUT)

make xconfig
	(make changes)
	Save and Exit

make dep	

make clean

vi Makefile
	change EXTRAVERSION to -3custom-greg
	save and exit


make bzImage

make modules

make modules_install

mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-3custom-greg.img 2.4.18-3

ORIGINAL (working) lilo.conf

prompt
timeout=50
default=linux
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message=/boot/message
linear

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3
	label=2.4.18-3
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.img
	read-only
	root=/dev/hda3


NEW lilo.conf

prompt
timeout=50
default=linux
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message=/boot/message
linear

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3custom-greg
	label=2.4.18-3c
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3custom-greg.img
	read-only
	root=/dev/hda3


cp /usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/boot/bzImage 
/boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-3custom-greg


lilo

returns error:

	Added 2.4.18-3c
	Fatal: No images have been defined.

upon reboot of machine

uname -a
Linux paloverde 2.4.18-3 #1 Thu Apr 18 07:32:41 EDT 2002 i686 unknown


bummer.  No new kernel.  Any ideas on where I went wrong?

Greg

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