Re: 2.6+ kernel make-tag problem
#1 If I use ./linux-2.6.38/README I get errors (see below).
If I use ./linux-2.4.20/README I get a [good] kernel.
#2 Nowhere can I find "root=/dev/hdax" needs to be "root=/dev/sdax" due to new SATA changes in
driver code. Others have reported this. I found it by accident! (see error below)
#3 None of the "kernel bug report" sites load in firefox (i get a 404, why? ipv6 only?). I can't
post bug to them and have no "gpg key" either.
#4 kernel source "make help" says "deb-dpkg" is an option. but it does not make a package. (it
prepares several things for 3 or 4 potential packages then stops) ---- make install is also a
complication.
These are "every day" problems I know. But for NEWBIES. Did you know if they go to www.tldp.org
(linux-HOWTO) one finds kernel HOWTO has be REMOVED ?
In that respect they are making undocumented changes that break things and what is a newbie to do ?
It's not as if things are more complicated before (consider X emacs, Tex) if anything far less !
It's that they are leaving ends more untied. why ?
Thanks for looking have a great day !
John
From above #1:
Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#2)
cp: cannot stat `/usr/src/linux-2.6.38/modules.order': No such file or directory
make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1
make modules_install exited non-zero
tail: 2.6.38-k7-x86.log: file truncated
From above #2:
"VFS cannot mount unknown block(0,0). partition is ''. Please specify root as param correctly."
And I've seen other same problem. The message gives not a single clue what the problem might be. I
thought it might be EZ-DRIVE.
Not on the internet, not when I boot, not in linux/Documentation. How is one supposed to know?
Linux now creates objects in /dev auto-magic so I cannot necessarily say ahead of time what the name
of the device is ESPECIALLY if it's not documented. And linux's new kernel param is very confusing.
You can't find "ide_core" anywhere in code it's "magic". And there's allot to do if one thinks
they will trace through all VFS -> SATA code to find some problem !
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It's near impossible to find what "make install" will do until after you've already done it and
can't be distributed very easily. (debian /usr/sbin/install_kernel ??)
(I no longer "make install", have own script which makes a .deb).
# make install
Checking for ELILO...No
GRUB is installed. To automatically switch to new kernels, point your
default entry in menu.lst to /boot/arch/x86/boot/bzImage-2.6.38-k7
BUT the above actually did nothing it said (no new file or menu.1st change either). So...
# make -n install
magically becomes
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=arch/x86/boot install
sh /usr/src/linux-2.6.38/arch/x86/boot/install.sh 2.6.38-k7 arch/x86/boot/bzImage \
System.map "/boot"
Oh! My kernel install binary is from 2001 ! I wonder if it's wise to even use it ?
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