Re: Building new kernel
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Jan Chrillesen wrote:
> I recently got an old AS 200 4/100 and installed Debian 2.1 on it. After
> some initial struggling I succeded. Now I've tried to build my own kernel
> (2.2.12) but the new kernel keeps locking up during boot.
>
> I never get further than:
>
> ...
> Starting kswapd v 1.5
> Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
>
> Sometimes it locks up in the middle of the serial driver line above.
>
> Initial build was with serial support and support for console on serial
> port. I've tried building without serial support at all (but it still
> displayes the serial driver line! (Yes, I did make depend && make clean)).
> I also tried disabling VGA support and enabling framebuffering as someone
> else suggested in an earlier posting.
>
> Has anyone managed to build 2.2.12 on a Debian Alpha system?
Actually, I have. I'm running a 164SX and have had very little problems
with 2.2.12. Then again, I built it with gcc 2.95.1 (don't try the
upgrade if you're slink yet unless you're somewhat brave). All *should*
behave. Try configuring it as "generic" and disable all serial driver
support for the time being. If it boots without that stuff, then
re-enable it as a module (safer) and load it at boot time. Let me know
how that goes....
> Another problem -- how do I boot directly of the harddisk? (This is a SRM
> system). I've enabled SRM booting in the kernel, but make srmboot fails.
> At the moment I power on, boot MILO of a floppy and then boot the kernel
> either of the floppy or from the harddisc. The means I need both a serial
> console and monitor/keyboard to boot. Both DU and NetBSD boots fine off
> the harddisk with SRM, so I'm sure Linux can do it as well.
I'm clueless as to SRM stuff. I'll know more about it when I get ahold of
an AS200 that I'm supposed to be receiving :-)
C
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