Re: How to get the right source
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 11:58 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 11:02:41AM -0400, Bill Ranck wrote:
> > I am still trying to get a 64bit smp kernel working on my Dell
> > system. I have installed and successfully run 2.6.12-1-amd64-generic.
>
> > Any pointers or help will be greatly appreciated. I tried all of the
> > stuff people suggested the last time, at least to the best of my
> > understanding of them.
>
> The closest I can find is the linux-image-2.6.12 source package on
> snapshots.debian.org.
>
> http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2005/09/28/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/
>
> Latest version in there is 2.6.12-10, for which you can find the
> .orig.tar.gz, the diff.gz and the dsc. That should be able to be
> compiled given a proper .config file.
Thanks for the help so far. I have gotten the source files and used the
current config as a starting point (it was in /boot as expected). I
have compiled the kernel several times, all to no avail. The system
fails on bootup with something that looks like I need to do *something*
with mkinitrd, but I'm unsure of what.
The last few messages before kernel panic are:
RAMDISK: cramfs filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK: Loading 4660KiB [1 disk] in ram disk done
UDF-fs: No partition found(1)
kernel panic - not syncing: UFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-
block (0,0)
The above is transcribed by hand, so there may be a typo or two. I
tried using the old initrd, and I tried running mkinitrd (though I think
I'm missing some key factor there) but consistently get these messages
until I go back to the old kernel.
I feel like I'm making progress, but missing something minor.
Anyone have any pointers? Even pointers to a more appropriate forum ;-)
--
Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.
540-231-3951
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