Re: kernel 2.2.17 boot disk prob! (HELP!)
Hi {Jonathan,list}
On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 09:52:06PM +0100, Jonathan Heaney wrote:
> My method with kernels and bootdisks is always to use the kernel source
> and compile it myself, using kernel-package
I tried that before and did not succeed. I posted the log entries in a
previous mail, here is what I said:
--- My previously sent mail ---
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 11:44:05PM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote:
[snipped]
> I *want* kernel-image-2.2.17 to work particularly as I had no success in
> building my custom 2.2.16 kernel. (The gettys got locked up and I got
> lots of dumps in the logs)
>
> Here is a snippet of that (2.2.16): (sorry for the horrid formatting)
>
> -- /var/log/syslog --
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel:
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: free sibling
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: task PC stack pid father child younger older
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: init 1 S C17F9EF8 5216 1 0 2142
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: sig: 0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : X
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: kflushd 2 S C17B5FA4 6132 2 1 3
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: sig: 0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : X
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: kupdate 3 S C17B3FB8 6236 3 1 4 2
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: sig: 0 0000000000000000 fffffffffffdffff : X
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: kpiod 4 S 00000F00 6980 4 1 5 3
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: sig: 0 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff : X
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: kswapd 5 S C17AFFC4 5840 5 1 84 4
> Jun 24 20:37:41 hp kernel: sig: 0 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff : X
>
> [snipped]
>
> Jun 24 21:12:45 hp kernel: getty 6 S 7FFFFFFF 0 4367 1 2157
> Jun 24 21:12:45 hp kernel: sig: 0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : X
> Jun 24 21:12:53 hp init: Switching to runlevel: 0
> -- /var/log/syslog --
--- My previously sent mail ---
> Remember to create the relevant symlinks from /usr/include to
> /usr/src/linux/include - check out the kernel doc for more info after
> unpacking into /usr/src/linux.
Didn't know that... Hmm, might that have caused the problems I reported
above?
> After using kernel-package, you will find a .deb file has been dumped in
> /usr/src. When you dpkg -i the .deb file you'll get prompted whether
> you want to create a boot disk. It should work - I do it constantly.
I did this, but as I said, the kernel didn't seem to work properly.
> If you would like any further information / help - mail me. I see you
> are getting a bit frustrated trying to fix this. I run both development
> and the latest 2.2.x kernels as a backup and do this sort of thing all
> the time.
Nice, all I want is simply the latest "productive" kernel. :)
Regards
--
S. Burgener
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