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ok...I've tried everything I know to get this 2.6.6 kernel to install, after running make bzImage, make modules and make modules_install, I run make install...which should, in theory at least, install the kernel to my /boot...but when I go to /boot, it's not there. is there anything I'm just doing wrong, or is there a known bug with this particular kernel version?
btw...I run SuSE Desktop v. 1.0 on a Dell optiplex gx270
DSwain
06-14-2004, 12:27 PM
i never did it that way, and it works just as well to do it manually. Simply do this command (from within the /usr/src/linux-2.6.6 directory)
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
and that should work fine. Then all you do is edit your boot entries and you're good to go.
Icarus
06-14-2004, 12:53 PM
Red Hat use to have the "make install" that would move the kernel over and add it to the grub.conf
The manual way is still the best way to do it (and as some would say "Is there any other way?" ;))
mdwatts
06-14-2004, 02:14 PM
Since SuSE Desktop v. 1.0 is based on SuSE 8.2 and a bit outdated now, have you installed all the required upgrades and additional packages such as module-init-tools for the 2.6 kernel?
no I haven't installed mod-init-tools...but since I'm not currently at that computer right now, I'll have to try it later
bwkaz
06-14-2004, 10:03 PM
And in kernel 2.6, you no longer need to do anything except:
make {menu,x,g,old,}config
make
su -c "make modules_install" For the {menu,x,g,old,} part, basically, you pick one configuration method and go with it. You don't have to do all of them.
And I suppose you don't need the su -c or the quotes if you're doing the whole thing as root, but in general, it's better to spend the smallest amount of time possible being root. If you want to do the whole deal as root, though, go ahead, I guess.
mdwatts
06-15-2004, 02:06 PM
Originally posted by ZJF
no I haven't installed mod-init-tools...but since I'm not currently at that computer right now, I'll have to try it later
Might be a good idea to review the other requirements in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes.
yeah...I know the requirements for 2.6...I run Gentoo on a 2.6.6 kernel at home...I just haven't upgraded to 2.6 in a long time so I don't remember all the stuff I had to change
ok...that did it...it works now, minus a few small things I need to setup...but it works good. thanks for the help