Re: moving to the 2.6 kernel?
Jules Dubois wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:22:07 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
I don't want to spend the time to build a new kernel right now and I
have spent quite a bit of time Googling, searching this list and reading
kernel-docs.
How about a pragmatic approach. Which takes more time: searching
Google, list archives, and kernel documentation; or building a custom
kernel?
I certainly considered that and I don't have the incentive at the moment
since my 2.4 kernel works fine.
One large concern justifying my research was whether something about the
way the 2.6 kernels had changed from the 2.4 kernels (like udev) and was
causing my problem and would be something I would also have to solve
with a custom kernel.
Is there a way to fix this with a stock kernel.
I spent a few hours on my problem. I'm not an expert on modules and I
know little about initrd, so I simply built a new kernel and rebooted. It
booted the first time.
That's good to hear.
Is there a better choice than 386 for AMD K6-II?
Isn't the K6-II an i686? (I don't know what difference it would make.)
It probably would be fine. The description for 686 mentions Celeron and
once I had a problem building a custom 2.4 kernel because of some
Celeron option. It's probably unrelated but I can always switch to 686
when I get the current problem solved.
Is there more information I can provide?
I see that there are no bugs filed against your 386 package. I take this
to mean that something about the configuration of your system and my
system is improper.
I would, of course, be good to find that out.
Do you get two warning (or error) messages when you installed the package,
saying cpio was unable to find:
/etc/modprobe.conf
/lib/modules/modprobe.conf
If your kernel won't boot properly, I think it's safe to remove and
reinstall the package to check for the error messages.
I don't remember those messages and I have tried at least two versions
(2.6.6-1 and 2.6.6-2). Actually I believe I had a previous 2.6 kernel
running and I stupidly let an upgrade from aptitude install a 2.4 kernel
over it.
Thanks,
Paul
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