Re: [PLUG] debian kernel compile question

[Edward Pike <edward.pike@thomson.com>]

ok I just want to post an update on this, I tried this out
with the --initrd option, after hours of compiling
figured out:

fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image  # No initrd
make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd kernel_image # YES, produces

now the other peculiarity is that dpkg -i {kernel-image}
doesnt edit /etc/lilo.conf anymore.. no problem editing
it by hand though.

now i'll just try to reboot it...

epike


On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 14:12, Edward Pike wrote:
> Hi
> 
> thanks for the --initrd, I'm trying it right
> now but it will take me another 3 hours to find out
> (make clean'ed it by mistake).
> 
> re: lilo, i'm too used to it but I'm learning my
> way again, perhaps i'm going to learn grub one of
> these days.  I dont even know what devfs/udev
> is all about as I'm re-learning all of this
> as I go on (having been used to redhat 7.2/7.3
> for maybe 3,4 years?)
> 
> re: initrd.img, I checked there was no link, no
> new initrd produced in /boot.  that --initrd
> hopefully shoudl do the trick.
> 
> thanks again,
> epike
> 
> On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 14:02, sean finney wrote:
> > hi ed,
> > 
> > a few suggestions:
> > 
> > On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 01:51:53PM -0500, Edward Pike wrote:
> > > ------------------------
> > > mythstation:/usr/src# cat /var/log/lilo_log.1012
> > 
> > try grub instead of lilo.  i've made the switch and am never looking back :)
> > 
> > > Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
> > >     Name change: '/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc' -> '/dev/hdb'
> > 
> > it looks like you're using devfs.  do you have compatibility symlinks
> > installed?  fyi devfs has been deprecated by the kernel folks, so you
> > may want to consider moving to something like udev.
> > 
> > > Fatal: open /initrd.img: No such file or directory
> > 
> > does a file already exist there, or perhaps a symlink?
> > 
> > > make menuconfig
> > > make dep
> > > make-kpkg clean
> > > fakeroot make-kpkg kernel_image
> > 
> > have you tried make-kpkg 
> 
> 
> > with --initrd?
> > 
> > 
> > hth,
> > 	sean
> > 
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