Re: kernel-compiling noob
On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 06:46:53 -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> Thank you so much. But...
>
> On 7/30/06, Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net> wrote:
> >At the end, assuming that you had all the required disk space and
> >packages, you have a package created:
> >
> >/usr/src/linux-image-2.6.17_2.6.17-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
> >
> >This can be installed using:
> >
> >dpkg -i /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.17_2.6.17-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
> >
> >This put the entry for the new kernel in grub so it could be selected at
> >boot time.
>
> Almost:
>
> Running postrm hook /sbin/update-grub .
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> /sbin/update-grub: line 923: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
> User hook script /sbin/update-grub failed at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.17.postrm line 285.
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.17 (2.6.17-10.00.Custom) ...
> Running depmod.
> Finding valid ramdisk creators.
> Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
> Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
> (2.6.17-10.00.Custom was configured last, according to dpkg)
> Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
> (2.6.17-10.00.Custom was configured last, according to dpkg)
> Running postinst hook /sbin/update-grub.
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> /sbin/update-grub: line 923: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
> User hook script /sbin/update-grub failed at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.17.postinst line 1176.
What is going on around line 923 of /sbin/update-grub? Post the output
of the following command:
awk 'NR>=910&&NR<=930{print NR" "$_}' /sbin/update-grub
Also, which version of grub is this and does it come from Debian or from
Agnula? Post the output of
apt-cache policy grub
--
Regards,
Florian
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